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sheep, goat, yak, buffalo; the horse, mule, donkey,

ass.

New Tropical Realm.-The turtle; monkeys; puma, jaguar; Bear Family, excepting the polar; Toothless Family; tapir, peccary; Gnawers, llama, alpaca, sheep, cattle, deer; opossum; horse, mule. Ethiopian Realm.-The monkeys; African elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, cattle, wild boar; giraffe, antelope, buffalo, goat, sheep; zebra, ass, horse; lion, cheetah, puma, lynx; wolf, jackal; Gnawers; Reptile Family.

Oriental Realm.-Tiger; elephant, rhinoceros, tapir; buffalo, yak, goat, deer, sheep; horse, zebu; dog, jackal.

Australian Realm.-Pouched Family; horse;

rabbit.

live partly on land and partly in water. The seal of the cold countries is very valuable for its fur.

BIRDS.-What birds do you know by their song or plumage? At what season of the year do the birds build their nests? What do they eat? How do they protect themselves and their young?

In the autumn gather the deserted birds' nests. Tell where you found each, and note how and of what material each is made.

Birds have habits of their own. Some live upon land, and are called land-birds. Some live in the air, and are called aërial

birds. Some live upon or near the
water and are called water-birds.
Birds are classed according to
the shapes of their beaks and feet.

Each class has its distin-
guishing features, which
fit it to live in its home
and to procure the food which
it seeks.

Observe the birds in the picture, and tell how they are alike and how they differ. Name other Swimmers, Waders, Scratchers, etc. What birds stay with us all winter? What ones do we see first in the spring? Make a record of the birds as they appear.

Birds always build their nests and rear their young in colder countries than those in which they spend the remainder of the year. Our animals put on warmer, closer fur, and the birds have more downy feathers, in winter than in summer. Many of them change the color of their clothing in winter, it being much lighter than in

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summer.

The animals of the cold countries have fine, thick fur, which is valuable. The birds have a great deal of down, and are usually of a dull or a light color.

In the hot countries the an- HEAD OF SWIFT
imals have little or no fur or hair.
The birds are of beautiful plumage.
The fish are also beautiful in coloring.

People live on nearly all parts of the earth. Most of them live on land, a few live on water. Many people work

or journey upon the water.

Most of the people whom you know are white. You have seen some, perhaps many, black people. You have seen a few yellow people. Tell how the yellow people differ in looks from the white people. How are

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In the same way all black or all yellow people do not look just alike. RACES.-All who live upon the earth

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the black people different from either the white or the yellow people?

Look at your schoolmates. Think of the different people you know. Perhaps all are white, yet they do not look alike.

Observe closely the faces of the children in the picture. They are alike only in a few general features. Tell how they are alike; unlike.

STUDYING GEOGRAPHY IN THE SCHOOL ROOM.

belong either to the white, black, or yellow people. They are said to belong to the WHITE, BLACK, or YELLOW RACE. The people of the Black Race are called Negroes, those of the Yellow Race are Mongolians, those of the White Race are Caucasians. The Indians and Malays are Mongolians.

People of the same race may not speak the same language. Those living in the same country and speaking the same language are said to belong to the same NATION.

Our country represents many different nations. The children may speak a different language at home, but they all speak English in school.

I wonder how many nations are represented in our school! You may each tell from what country your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents came. came from other countries? What do we call those people who came from England? From Italy? From each of the other countries represented? What nations represent the White Race? The Yellow Race is represented by sev

Do you know of any people who

The greater number of people of the Black Race live in hot countries. They easily endure a greater amount of heat than any other race.

Many years ago the Black people were brought from Africa to the United States, where they were sold into slavery. Abra

ham Lincoln set them free during the Civil War. For a number of years they were like children, as most of them did not know how to take care of themselves. People

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of the White

eral nations the Chinese, Japanese, Lapps, Turks, Eskimos, Malays, and Indians.

Find pictures of these nations in other parts of this book. The Black Race is represented by many tribes in Africa, as well as by the Negroes of our own country.

Most of the people of the White Race live in temperate countries, where they have schools, churches, railroads, manufactures, and inventions of all kinds. A few live in the cold and in the hot countries. They improve every country in which they live, because they take with them the educational and religious systems, the industries and inventions which make improvements, and advance the interests of the people.

There are

Race have established schools and are
teaching them to work to support them-
selves. Many of the Negroes have made
and are making rapid advancement in
learning and hand-work.
still many who know nothing of schools
or of the things which we enjoy. They
are blessed with their freedom, how-
ever, and their children are free and
will be educated to some extent.

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