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Nature readers

Chapter 51: LESSON XLI.
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The text comprises a series of short lessons written for beginning readers that present clear, verified observations of seaside and wayside animals. It describes the appearance, anatomy, homes, and behaviors of crabs, wasps, bees, spiders, and shellfish, explains life cycles, feeding, defense, and human uses, and offers simple accounts of nests, burrows, and tides. Language and paragraphing are kept elementary to teach reading while encouraging close observation and respect for living creatures. Exercises and brief reviews reinforce learning and invite children and teachers to continue field study beyond the book.

LESSON XLI.

REVIEW.

What is a shell-fish?

What three great orders of shell-fish are there?

Did you say there are many kinds?

Name some of the kinds.

What kind of shell do the fish with a head and a foot live in?

Tell me how these shell-fish grow.

Tell me about the conch cradles.

Where do these fish like to live?

Why do they need to wear these hard shells?

Do they change their shells?

How, then, do they grow?

Why are not more blown ashore?

Tell me what they eat.

How do they kill and eat other shell-fish?

Do all fish lay eggs?

How do shell-fish eat sea-weed?

What are shell-fish good for?

What shell-fish is most eaten?

What did the Indians make out of the shells?

Tell me about the veil, or cloak, of the shell-fish.

Tell me more about the foot.

Tell me how Mr. Drill makes war.

Of what are shells and bones made?

How is Mr. Drill’s tongue made?