The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . eavy and light work? Tell about therope and the thread. What is said about the different kinds of both coarse and finework that the hand can do? What is said about playing on an instrument? Whatis said of the alphabet of the deaf and dumb? What is said about the commonthings done continually by the hand? What is said of the hand as an instrumentfor feeling ? If your hand had no feeling, what would happen ? Tell about thewoman who lost the pow
The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . eavy and light work? Tell about therope and the thread. What is said about the different kinds of both coarse and finework that the hand can do? What is said about playing on an instrument? Whatis said of the alphabet of the deaf and dumb? What is said about the commonthings done continually by the hand? What is said of the hand as an instrumentfor feeling ? If your hand had no feeling, what would happen ? Tell about thewoman who lost the power of motion in one arm and feeling in the other. In whattwo things is the hand different from the machines made by man? What are theparts of the machinery of the hand ? In what two ways can you get an idea of thevariety of things that this machinery can do? 106 WHAT ANIMALS USE FOR HANDS. now teeth can serve in place of hands. CHAPTER XXI. WHAT ANIMALS USE FOK HANDS. Though animals do not have hands, they have different partswhich they use to do some of the same things that we do withour hands. I will tell you about some of these in this >.§iMSfe You see this dog dragging along a rope which he holds in hismouth. He is making his teeth answer in place of hands. Dogsalways do this when they carry things. They cannot carry themin any other way. You carry a basket along in your hand, but WHAT ANIMALS USE FOE HANDS. 107 Cropping grass. Anecdotes of horses. the dog takes it between his teeth, because lie has no hand asyou have. I have told you, in another chapter, how the cow and the horsecrop the grass. They do it, you know, with their front take up almost any kind of food—a potato, an apple—withthese teeth. These teeth, then, answer for hands to the cow andhorse. Their lips answer also the same purpose in many horse gathers his oats into his mouth with the lips. Thelips are for hands to such animals in another respect. They feelthings with th
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