ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS, 399 
Thefe are two experiments, therefore, which 
concur in eftablifhing the fame fa&t, namely, that 
the reproduced members of a newt, though ftill 
in miniature, are equally provided with repara- 
tory germs as the old limbs ; and that they begin. 
to unfold after the new members are cut off. 
EXPERIMENT IIL. A foot cut obliquely, and @ 
hand longitudinally —Experiments fuch as I re- 
late cannot be fufficiently diverfified. ‘The place 
and mode of fection muft have a certain influence 
on the place and mode of reproduction. Un- 
doubtedly the germs, deftined for thefe prodigies, 
~ cannot be fortuitoufly difleminated in the mem- 
bers. It is much more philofophical to believe, 
that they are arranged in an order which we 
fhould admire, if our moft powerful magnifiers 
could bring them into view. But we are ftil 
incapable of penetrating the fecret organization 
of an animal: all that is permitted us to do, is 
reduced to a few experiments on what the mind 
can comprehend. Chiefly with this view, have 
amputated the limbs of newts in different ways ; 
that is, fometimes tran{verfely, fometimes more 
or lefs obliquely, and fometimes longitudinally. 
And the detail of an experiment is now to be 
given, executed in the fecond and third man- 
ner, as enough has been faid of the firft. 
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