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from a sphere of usefulness and ending its ad- 

 ventures. 



Into this same case was introduced a Viviparous 

 Lizard, which, after a few days' tenancy, was 

 suddenly missing. On search being made, the end 

 of its tail was seen protruding from the mouth of 

 a toad, the unfortunate creature having been seized 

 and swallowed by an amphibian by no means so 

 long as itself ! 



LOBSTERS 



Deformities and interesting accidents are far less 

 frequent among Lobsters than among Crabs; at 

 least, so my experience leads me to believe. In 

 June 1895 I was fortunate in seeing a fairly large 

 Lobster that not a great while previously had lost a 

 pincer claw by some accident. But a stump a less 

 than half-length piece, in fact, of the joint or section 

 next the carapace remained, out of the centre of 

 which sprang a minute but perfect new claw very 

 little more than a fifth of the length of the 

 full - grown claw remaining intact on the other 

 side. 



Two pincer claws of Lobsters came to hand in 

 July 1901 ; one had the free chelae half the normal 



