ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS, 4.29 
@; is longer than 4, c: the middle one b is fhorts 
eft. No indication of the union was perceptible, 
it was fo complete. 
Another newt, whofe hands and fect were 
tranfverfely amputated, 8 June 1780, prefented a 
monttrofity ftill more fingular. The four mem- 
bers began to reproduce in the end of July. Con- 
fidering the newt attentively, towards the. firft 
days of Auguft, I was agreeably furprifed to fee 
eight toes regenerating on the left foot. It was 
neceflary to hold the foot in a particular pofition 
and examine it clofely, as they could not be dif- 
cerned at the firft view, 
This monftrous foot was defigned Auguft 9, 
The metatarfus, m, is a little larger than common ; 
and the fifth toe, ¢, feems to rife above the fourth, 
psig, 15; 
There was alfo a fingularity in the right hand, 
It reproduced . five fingers ; the firft two much 
fhorter than the reft. It was defigned 10 Au- 
guilt, fig. 16. 
The regenerated right foot was likewife de- 
formed ; the laft two toes being conneéted by a 
membrane, like that of fome aquatic animals, 
‘Thus the only perfect part of the newt was its 
left hand. 
Again obferying the monftrous foot, fig. 15, 
with the greateft attention, November 7, I dif- 
covered that the fourth toe, fig. 17, 5, 6, 7, was 
compoled 
