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<div class="chaptext" id="l38"><SPAN name="less38"></SPAN> <div class="lesson">LESSON XXXVIII.</div> <div class="chaphead">THE COVERING OF ANIMALS.</div> <p>Name two animals covered with fur.</p> <p>Two covered with hair. Two covered with feathers.</p> <p>What do we call the covering of a sheep? Of a pig? Of what use is hair to animals?</p> <p>What covering has an oyster? A lobster? A turtle? Of what use is it to them?</p> <p>The duck's feathers are covered with an oily coating, which keeps them from getting wet. Are the feathers of the hen so covered? Why?</p> <p>Suppose a squirrel's covering were like that of a turtle's, what would result?</p> <p>What would result if a bird had scales instead of feathers? You see that each animal has that covering which suits its habits best.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />