. Juvenile Instructor. PRICE, 10 CENTS, Q. CKNNON S SONS SALT LAKE X)rgsvr\for YontiQ JaTT^RDay (^AINT5 Vol. XXVIII. SALT LAKE CITY, JULY 15, 1893. No. 14. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. Xlll. Sixth Branch {^Mollusca or soft bodied). In the course of our study of the mainbranches of the Animal Kingdom, wecome now to the division of Moltaisks,of which the o)Ster, snail, and cuttle-fish furnish us examples. The wordmoliusks is derived from the Latin,moHis, meaning soft, and is applied tothese little creatures on account of thesoft and moist condition of their more delic
. Juvenile Instructor. PRICE, 10 CENTS, Q. CKNNON S SONS SALT LAKE X)rgsvr\for YontiQ JaTT^RDay (^AINT5 Vol. XXVIII. SALT LAKE CITY, JULY 15, 1893. No. 14. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. Xlll. Sixth Branch {^Mollusca or soft bodied). In the course of our study of the mainbranches of the Animal Kingdom, wecome now to the division of Moltaisks,of which the o)Ster, snail, and cuttle-fish furnish us examples. The wordmoliusks is derived from the Latin,moHis, meaning soft, and is applied tothese little creatures on account of thesoft and moist condition of their more delicate parts are protectedby an outer fold of stout muscular tissue,enveloping them as a cloak would do,and known as the mantle. In the caseof many moliusks, the body is enclosedby a hard shell, indeed the popularname shell-fish is often employed todesignate these creatures; but the termis used very loosely and inaccurately,and consequently it is misleading, forthe moliusks are in no way closely re-lated to the fishes, and moreover, manyof them have no shell at all. Yet it istrue that all ajuvenileinstruct2814geor
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