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and foot of a large newt. Mould did not fail to 
vegetate on the wounds, and, in three days, was 
fo abundant that the members feemed endan- 
gered. However, I accomplifhed the removal of 
great part with a pencil: but, alarmed left I 
ghould be unable to preferve either half of the 
members, I refolved to amputate the moulding 
part by a tranfverfe fection. 
In feveral weeks, two papillze, announcing the 
reproduction of two fingers, arofe on the tran{- 
verfe fection; next arofe another, on a fimilar 
fection of the foot, which indicated the origin of 
anew toe. The enormous wounds cicatrifed fo 
well, that no veftige of them remained. 
The papille continued growing during the 
fubfequent weeks ; and, on the 15 of September, 
the hand had two fingers about a line and a half 
long. ‘Their pofition was fuch as to give .the “ 
hand its natural dhape, but they were of a uprter 
colour than the old fingers. | 
The new toe was a little longer than the larg- 
eft finger, being about two lines in length. The 
- fifth did not appear, nor was it vifible on the 26 
of O€tober. 
EXPERIMENT VI. 4 newt deprived of the 
third and fourth finger of each hand, and the five 
toes of the left foot.—Among the beautiful pheno- 
ena which the reprodudtions of newts exhibit, 
(ca one 
