264 ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS. 
examination, as well of the fevered parts of 
thofe renewed, to afcertain whether, in all ftrid- 
nefs, the part reproduced might truly be called 
the head of the fnail. In my literary correfpon- 
dence with M. Bonnet, I regularly recounted the 
whole feries of facts, refpecting the beginning, 
progrefs, and termination of the reproduéticns, of 
which he was completely convinced, as appears 
by many letters to me on the fubject, now print- 
ed in his works. And of the fame opinion 
were all the learned perfons, to whom I had 
fhewn the reproductions, both in Modena, while 
profeflor in that univerfity, and here in Pavia. 
Even about the end of June 1782, having fome 
fnails that were mutilated in May, and reproduc- 
ing favourably, I had the pleafure of fhewing 
them to two refpectable friends, excellent judges 
of fuch matters, M. Tiffot and Father Barletti, 
who, after examining them ftridtly in every 
part, agreed, without hefitation, that the parts re- 
paired were not the cap or bonnet, as M. Adan- 
fon humoroufly calls it, but true, moft certain, 
moft undoubted new heads. Therefore M. Tif- 
fot, about the beginning of July, did me the 
favour to carry fome of the reproducing {nails to 
Geneva, to be prefented in my name to M. Bon- 
net, who, on the tenth of Auguft, wrote to me ; 
‘ All the fnails arrived in the beft ftate; and have 
‘ fhewn their admirable reproductions better than 
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