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« fo connected, equal and correfpondent in co- 
*lour, fymmetry, and confiftence, that it is im- 
* poffible to difcriminate thofe reproduced. 
‘ Whenever the head is finifhed, the {nail ufes 
“the renovated parts to repair the long abfti- 
© nence it ‘has ibeen forced to undergo. During 
* the beginning of Otober laft year, I profited 
* by a gentle dhower to examine all the animals 
“ that iffued from the fhell. One of thofe peo- 
© ple was with me who are naturally incredulous, 
“and never Jefs difpofed to believe any thing 
“than what borders -on the marvellous. Not 
* only was he-obliged to acknowledge that the 
“head was really reproduced, but he objerved 
* one endeavouring, with its prominent teeth, to 
© enaw a particle of bran, partly adhering to the 
‘ fhell, and in an inconvenient place. It was en- 
* tertaining to fee, in the {nail’s exertions, the re- 
* peated ation and re-action of the open mouth, 
* the foft lips, tongue, and teeth, turning the par- 
© ticle a thoufand ways, until it effeCted fepara- 
* tion, and made itfelf a favoury mouthful. 
* But this admirable reproduction does not 
* fucceed in all fnails, and much lefs in thofe cor- 
* refponding to the great {nails of Florence, nor 
_ * ordinarily in the fmall ones called garden fnails, 
_ € and efpecially thofe found .in orchards adorned 
Ss with beautiful colours. My experiments were 
% fuccefsful on the helix pomatia, itala, zonaria, 
emoralis, lucorum. Of more than three hun- 
Vou. UL YU < dred. 
