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 . er-shaped thing at theend of his trunk. There is not much feeling in the paws of dogs,cats, etc. The whiskers of the cat are feelers. There are nervesat the root of each of those long hairs, so that when anythingtouches the whiskers the cats mind knows it at once. Insects have feelers extending out from their heads. Some-times they are very long, as yousee in this insect, called the ich-neumon fly. We see insects, asthey are going about, touc
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 . er-shaped thing at theend of his trunk. There is not much feeling in the paws of dogs,cats, etc. The whiskers of the cat are feelers. There are nervesat the root of each of those long hairs, so that when anythingtouches the whiskers the cats mind knows it at once. Insects have feelers extending out from their heads. Some-times they are very long, as yousee in this insect, called the ich-neumon fly. We see insects, asthey are going about, touch thingswith these feelers as we do withour hands. Bees can work in thedark, in their hives, guided bytheir feelers; indeed, the bee willnot work at all if his feelers are cut off: he does not seem toknow what to do with himself. Insects sometimes appear totell each other things by their feelers. In every hive of beesthere is a queen. If she dies, those that know about it goaround very quickly, telling the other bees by striking theirfeelers with their own; and those that are told tell others, andthus the sad event is soon known all over the Questions.—By which senses does the mind get most of its knowledge? Whatis fragrance? How does the mind know anything about it? What is said of theextent of the organ of smell ? What is said of the smell of some animals ? Of theacute smell of some persons ? What is said of the enjoyment afforded by the senseof smell? What is said of the sense of taste? What are its uses ? Where is thesense of touch? Where is it especially active? What do the nerves of touch in the 70 THE SMELL, THE TASTE, AND THE TOUCH. Questions fingers tell the mind? In what way do they help us in using the muscles ? the two skins of our bodies. Why is the outer skin needed? Of what useare the long, bare, tipped tails of spider-monkeys? What is said of the under side ofthe extremity of the tail ? What remarkable feat do the spider-monkeys performwith t
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