332 ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS. 
* aware of our deficiency in moft nice experis 
‘ments; and, notwithftanding my great expe- 
‘ rience, 1 may almoft prefume to fay, dexterity 
‘in the anatomy of the fmalleft animals, I always 
* diftruft myfelf. For this reafon I have repeated 
* the fame experiments an hundred and an hun- 
‘ dred times, before hazarding ‘the refults before 
‘the public. I have laboured the firft, or among 
‘ the firft, to corroborate all the experiments of 
‘Sig. Spallanzani, and to make additions to 
‘what might have efcaped his notice. I have 
operated on a greater number of animals, and 
© diverfified my experiments more than any other 
‘ perfon, to judge of all that has been read be- 
‘fore the academy, or printed; and I am the | 
* only one who has read nothing on the fubjed, 
‘ which I inveftigate with the utmoft affiduity.x— 
‘It is nearly the fame with the reparation of the 
‘parts of newts, feveral fpecies of frogs, toads, 
‘tadpoles, &c. When part of the tails and feet 
‘ were amputated, I have feen fenfible reproduc- 
“tions; but none when thefe parts were am- 
‘ putated clofe to the origin. Confider my ex- 
* preffions well, regeneration and origin, on which 
‘ your principles reft fo much, and there is no 
* aGtual reproduction. And I hope you will do 
* that juftice to my doubts, as to acknowledge 
* that Sig. Spallanzani and his followers have 
* too far extended their expreffions of regenera- 
‘ tions, 
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