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OF SELBORNE. 



its dorsal fin large, containing eight spines ; its tail, where it 

 joins to the tail-fin, remarkably broad, without any taperness, 

 so as to be characteristic of this genus : the tail-fin is broad, 

 and square at the end. From the breadth and muscular strength 

 of the tail it appears to be an active nimble fish." 



In my visit I was not very far from Hungerford, and did not 

 forget to make some inquiries concerning the wonderful method 



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r.iLBBRT WHITE'S HOUSE FROM THK GARDEN AS IT APPEARED IN ins 'inn:. 



of curing cancers by means of toads. Several intelligent persons, 

 both gentry and clergy, do, I find, give a great deal of credit to 

 what was asserted in the papers ; and I myself dined with a 

 clergyman who seemed to be persuaded that what is related is 

 matter of fact; but when I came to attend to his account, 

 I thought I discerned circumstances which did not a little in- 

 validate the woman's story of the manner in which she came 

 by her skill. She says of herself: "that labouring under a 



