228 ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS. 
larger horns, is a prominent black point, which 
is the eye. ‘The reproduced part continues ex- 
tending, and, in a fhort time, the new horn equals 
in fize its unmutilated fellow. In the fame man- 
ner are the {mall horns reproduced. Le 
If a half, third, or fourth part is cut off, in- 
ftead of the whole horn, as has hitherto been 
fuppofed, reproduction equally takes place, in 
the like circumftances as we have mentioned. 
This is the more common courfe of nature in re- 
producing horns: fometimes, however, the trunk 
becomes long and pointed, inftead of round. The 
point in time enlarges, and forms into a globule ; 
the reft proceeds on as already related. 
The {nail makes the fame ufe of the new horns 
as it did of the old, whether by protruding them 
from the head, extending, contracting, or conceal- 
ing them, or by dilplaying their acute and lively 
fenfibility ; fo that, on the moft gentle touch, 
they are fuddenly withdrawn and put in fafety. 
All thefe facts feemed to aflure me, that the 
number of parts, conftituting-the divided part, 
would be exactly the fame in the portion regen- 
erated. But, wifhing to afcertain the truth by the. . 
moft minute anatomical examination, with a very 
fine iron inftrument, I laid open feveral repro- 
duced horns ; however, I could not difcover the 
fmalleft difference between the new and the old. 
The fame fkin, externally fhagreened and within 
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