394. ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS. - 
mote, were not as large as thofe of unmutilated 
members. ; 
In general I have fuppofed it was otherwife with 
the arm and thigh reproduced, and with the cu- 
bit and leg; for the former, in both cafes, fooner 
acquire their proper fize, as is already remarked 
in the fixth refult of the preceding memoir. The 
like fucceeds with the tail. But all thefe repro- 
duétions are very flow, when compared with 
thofe of polypi and frefh water worms ; reafons 
for which are afligned in the firft memoir. 
I fhall now proceed to my new experiments on 
quadrupeds, fo worthy of the attention of na- 
turalifts. 
Experiment |. Whether reproduced members 
poffe/s the fame fources of reproduction as thofe am- 
putated.—I cut the left arm and right thigh off a 
large newt, 2 June 1778. In the beginning of 
July, a new arm and thigh began to reproduce. 
They were ftill in miniature, but the fingers and 
toes fufficiently formed, and very diftinct. They 
were nearly as thofe of fig. 6, 7, plate 9. 
On the eleventh of July, I made an experi- 
ment, which was moft important in the theory of 
animal reproductions. ‘The object was to difco- 
yer whether the members now reproducing, - 
which in reality were miniatures, contained the 
fame fources of reparation as the original; that 
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