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LAKES AND RIVERS. 



dentally or otherwise may happen to them. The 

 other three species of newts mentioned by Mr. Bell in 

 his classification of British amphibia are the Straight- 

 lipped Warty Newt ( T. Bibronii), the common Smooth 

 Newt (Lissotriton punctatus\ and the Palmated Smooth 

 Newt (L. palmipes). These newts, though, in common 

 with all reptiles, repulsive to most persons, yet are 

 interesting and pretty when observed in an aqua- 

 rium, and the remarkable changes they undergo make 

 them among the most curious and interesting in the 

 wide field of lower animal life. 



THAMES FISHING BOAT. 



