392 ANIMAL RERPQDUCTIONS, 
MEM O1IB IL 
My obfervations were continued on the newts, 
whofe hiftory I have given in the preceding me- 
moir. That which was mutilated on the fifth of 
Tune 1777, andthe fubje€t of my firft experi- 
ment, died on the tenth of December; but what 
occafioned its death 1 am ignorant. The limbs | 
increafed and coloured : the fifth toe was want- 
ing; indeed I did not expect it after the begin- 
ning of October. 
The newt, mutilated 3 Auguft, which is men- 
tioned in the fourth experiment, pafled the win- 
ter fafely in my apartment, and lived until — 
8 April 1778: it then died, probably from 
neglect to renew the water. T he two new fin 
gers, longitudinally divided, had not acquired 
above half their natural length. 
The newt of the fixth experiment, whofe tail 
was mutilated 11 July, fhared the fame fate as the 
preceding, It died towards the middle of No- 
vember. The tail had extended very much ; and 
the new part could fearcely be diftinguithed from 
the old, except by the lighter colour. 
Thad 
