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<div class="chaptext" id="l37"><SPAN name="less37"></SPAN> <div class="lesson">LESSON XXXVII.</div> <div class="chaphead">THE PARTS OF ANIMALS.</div> <p>Animals which live in or near people's houses and are tame are domestic animals; others are wild.</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/068_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill68"><ANTIMG src= "images/068.jpg" border="0" alt="TIGER'S FEET." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">TIGER'S FEET.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>What animals are found where you live?</p> <p>Which are domestic? Which wild?</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/071_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill71"><ANTIMG src= "images/071.jpg" border="0" alt="SEIZING CLAW." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">SEIZING CLAW.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Which of these animals feed upon grass? grains? fruits? flesh?</p> <p>You know what sharp claws a cat can put out when it pleases. What use does the cat make of its claws?</p> <p>How does a cat's paw differ from a dog's? How does a dog seize its prey?</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/070_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill70"><ANTIMG src= "images/070.jpg" border="0" alt="HEN'S FOOT." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">HEN'S FOOT.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Compare a duck's bill with an owl's. What use does the duck make of its broad flat bill? The owl, of its sharp hooked bill?</p> <p>How do the bills of the hen and the duck differ? Would a bill fitted for pecking be as useful to the duck as its own bill?</p> <p>Can you draw a picture of a duck's foot and a hen's foot? For what does each use its feet?</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/069_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill69"><ANTIMG src= "images/069.jpg" border="0" alt="DUCK'S FOOT." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">DUCK'S FOOT.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Would broad web-feet be as useful to the hen as slender toes?</p> <p>What kind of feet has the sheep? For what are its feet only used? Could a sheep use feet like those of a cat or a hen?</p> <p>You see each animal has parts well fitted for the life it leads.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />