NOTE TO TEACHERS. 
After the pupil has read the book , it is recommended 
that he be required to answer the following questions. 
What is said of the extent and importance of Natural History ? 
How are the objects of which it treats divided ? 
What are the inorganic substances ? what the organized ? 
Into how many parts is the Natural History of animals divided? 
Why are quadrupeds first recommended to our notice ? 
Into what two kinds may they be divided generally ? 
What kinds are included in the hoofed quadrupeds ? What are 
their characters ? 
What kinds are included in the clawed quadrupeds ? How are 
they distinguished ? 
Why are birds calculated to excite our admiration ? 
How are they divided ? What do the land birds consist of? 
what the water birds ? 
What is said of the rapacious birds ? of the pie kind ? of the 
poultry kind ? of the sparrow kind l 
How are the waders distinguished ? how’ the swimmers ? 
Mention some of the distinguishing traits in fishes. 
Into what kinds are they divided by naturalists ? 
Describe the cetaceous fish ; the cartilaginous ; the spinous j the 
testaceous. 
Describe the serpent tribe. What portion are poisonous ? 
Describe the reptile species. What are the principal ? 
Why are insects so called ? How are they distinguished ? 
How many orders are they divided into ? To what order be- 
longs the beetle ? the locust ? the butterfly '? the dragon fly ? the 
bee ? the house fly ? the spider ? 
