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leaf by means of the hind feet in such a way that its under-surface is 
turned inwards and the fold made to stick by the adhesive coating 
of the egg, which she inserts in the fold.” The young are hatched 
fifteen days after. These animals give utterance to a very peculiar 
noise, and when touched emit a disagreeable odour. 
It has been ascertained that Newts can live for a long time, not 
only in very cold water, but even in the midst of ice, being some- 
times taken in blocks of ice which are formed in the ditches and 
ponds which they inhabit. When the ice-flakes melt they seem to 
Fig. to.— Newts, or Aquatic Salamanders. 
awaken from their torpor, and betake themselves to their accus- 
tomed movements uninjured from their pravious loss of liberty, 
Lacépéde states that he found Aquatic Salamanders during summer 
in pieces of ice obtained from the ice-dealers, where they had 
remained without movement or nourishment from the time in which 
they had been enclosed. 
Newts present another remarkable feature in the facility with 
which Nature repairs any mutilations they may have undergone. Not 
only do their tails grow again when broken off, but even their feet 
are reproduced in the same manner ; and the process may be many 
times repeated. 
