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" miftaken, for I never difTected one, but content- 

 " ed myfelf with opening its mouth, and (lightly 

 * e infpe&ing it. 



" You may imagine that a toad generally detefted 

 cc (altho' one of the mod inoffenfive of all animals) 

 " fo much taken notice of and befriended, excited 

 " the curiofity of all comers to the houfe, who all 

 " deli red to fee it fed, fo that even ladies fo far 

 " conquered the horrors inftilled into them by 

 ct nuries, as to defire to fee it. This produced in- 

 " numerable and improbable reports, making it 

 u as large as the crown of a hat, &c. &c. This I 

 " hope will account for my not giving you parti- 

 * 6 culars more worth your notice. When I firft 

 " read the account in the papers of toads fucking 

 " cancerous breafls, I did not believe a word of it, 

 " not thinking it poffible for them to fuck, having 

 " no lips to embrace the parr, and a tongue fo 

 " oddly formed ; but as the fact is thoroughly ve- 

 " rified, I mod impatiently long to be fully in- 

 " formed of all particulars relating to it," 



Notwkhftanding thefe accounts will ferve to point 

 out fome errors I had adopted, in refpect to this 

 reptile id my firit fheet, yet it is* with much plea- 

 fure I lay before the public a more authentic hifto- 

 ry, collected from Mr. Arfcotfs fecond favor ; the 

 anfwer points out my queries, which it is needlefs 

 to repeat. 



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