CONTENTS 
Past I.— ANIMAL LIFE. 
Page 
Page 
A Walk with the Naturalist, - 
9 
Reptiles, 
- 31 
Animals with Backbones, 
12 
Amphibians, - 
- 36 
Mammals, - - - 
15 
Fishes. — I., 
- 39 
More about Mammals, - 
21 
Fishes. — II., - 
- 43 
Birds. — I., - 
25 
Insects. — I., - 
- 46 
Birds. — II., - 
27 
Insects. — II., - - - 
- 49 
Part II.— PLANT-LIFE AND SOILS. 
The Parts of a Flower, - 
53 
How Plants are Reared. — II. 
77 
Flowers and Seeds (Fertiliza- 
How Soils are Formed, - 
- 80 
tion). — I., - 
56 
Kinds of Soil, 
- 83 
Flowers and Seeds (Fertiliza- 
More about the Soil, 
- 87 
tion). — II., - 
59 
Tillage, - - - 
- 89 
Seeds and Seedlings. — I., 
62 
Drainage, 
- 92 
Seeds and Seedlings. — II., 
65 
How we Rob the Soil, 
- 95 
How a Plant Feeds. — I., 
68 
How we help to Feed the Plants, 99 
How a Plant Feeds. — II., 
71 
Climate and Plant-life, - 
- 101 
How Plants are reared. — I., - 
74 
Insect Pests, - 
- 103 
Part III.— CULTIVATION OF CROPS. 
A Sugar Plantation, 
107 
The Cocoa-nut Palm, 
- 122 
Sugar and Rum, 
109 
Tobacco, 
- 124 
Coffee.— I., - 
113 
Logwood, - „ - 
- 128 
Coffee.— II., - 
115 
Corn, - 
- 131 
The Coffee-beans - 
117 
Coco (Colocasia esculenta ), 
- 134 
The Banana, - 
120 
Part 
IV.- 
-HEALTH. 
Why we Eat, - 
136 
A few Common Foods, - 
- 147 
Heat-giving Foods, 
140 
The Best Kind of Diet, - 
- 150 
Flesh-forming Foods, 
144 
Water. — I., 
- 153 
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