58 The Surinam Toad*sWa'9 

 gives a Figure and fome Defcription of among 

 her curious Drawings of the Animals of that 

 Country. 



The young Ones of this Toad are pro- 

 truded out of its Back in their perfed Shape^ 

 after having been hatched from Eggs con- 

 tained in certain Cells v^ithin the Skin. 



Dr. RuiscH, in his Account of the Rari- 

 ties in his ov^n Mufceum^ gives us two Fi- 

 gures of this Animal, which, he fays, is like 

 a Toad, and that many Eggs appear on the 

 Back thereof, each inclofed in its particular 

 little Cell or UteruSy out of which it at lafl: 

 burfts forth. 



He tells us farther, that upon opening it, 

 to fee whether the Eggs did not come pri- 

 marily from the Abdomen, and were only 

 hatched in and pulhed out of the Back, the 

 Cafe appeared to be the quite contrary ; for 

 he could not difcover any Communication 

 between the Eggs and the internal Farts of 

 the Abdomen ; but he found the Skin of tha 

 Back full of little Cells or Uteri, each con- 

 taining an Egg, under a hardifh Operculum^ 

 which being removed, it lay naked to the 

 Eye*. 



Mr. Bradley fays, he has feen this- 

 Creature in the Cabinets of Sir Hans 

 Sloane, of Mr. Vincent of Haerlem, 



* Vide RuiscH. The/mr. Anitnal p. 19. 



Dr. 



