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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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n take so much more interest in the study of na-ture? said Mrs. Ellerton. The fact is due, I think, to rich children being toowell supplied with playthings. They get their mindsdirected more to the skill of man, and are not thrownso much on their own resources for entertainment.I know that in my short walk with Pat he furnishedme with enough subjects to represent nearly everydepartment of zoology. What is zoology ? asked Frank. If youll get pencil and paper and note down whatI shall tell you, it may be of use to you during ourwalks. I tant write, pouted little Rose. Come and sit in mammas lap and shell print foryou, said Mrs. Ellerton. Zoology^ said Grace, as soon as they were allready, is that part of natural history which tells ushow animals are classed, how they are made, whatthey do, and all about their homes. Think now thatzoology will be interesting ? For instance, supposewe take Pats toad. Wouldnt you like to be able totell how he is formed, what he does, and where helives.? 12
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A Humming-bird. TIRED. / * I never thought anything about toads anyway,said Frank, but come to remember, I know they dodo funny things, sometimes. Now write under your heading of zoology: The Animal kingdom embraces five sub-kingdoms,Vertebrates; Articulates; Mollusks; Radiates; Pro-tozoans Vertebrates mean all animals that have brains andspinal cords; like men, horses, snakes and fishes. Articulates mean having the body and membersjointed, like a beetle, a wasp, a crab. Mollusks mean having a soft body without joints,like snails and oysters. Always thought snails and oysters were hard,spoke up Frank. The house they live in, you mean. Take a snailor oyster out of his shell and he is very soft. O, yes ! O, yes! said Frank, coloring. Radiates mean animals which are something likeflowers, having their inner organs as well as theirouter, radiately arranged, that is,—tracing from acentre—their mouths are in or near this centre, andsome of them seem to grow from a stem, like a flower.Ra

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