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ANOURA. — BUFONID^. 



" in the form of a thick yellowish fluid, which, 

 on evaporation, yields a transparent residue, very 

 acrid, and acting on the tongue like extract of 

 aconite. It is neither acid nor alkaline ; and 

 since a chicken inoculated with it, received no 

 injury, it does not appear to be noxious when 

 absorbed, and carried into the circulation!*" 



Aft 





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TOAD. 



The prey of the Toad is the same as that 

 of the Frog, — insects of all kinds, slugs and 

 earthworms ; and hence it is a useful inhabitant 

 of a garden, in which it may be often kept with 

 more facility than the Frog, from its indiffer- 

 ence to water, which is needful to the comfort 

 * Dr. DaYj, quoted in " British Reptiles," 113. 



