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heads. More wonderful still if oblique cuts be 

 made into the sides of the body new heads or tails 

 will grow from them according to the direction in 

 which the incisions have been made (fig. iv.). 



A. art an'imdl diViJeJ 'mTo three p*rt f 



bj- two ob/scfue cuts . B the. fragments (d.b.cj in process of reocntmlion 

 C. an animal rith vdr/ous oblique, incisions /n the, mdrein of the, body, 

 uh/ch hdve induced the, new format/on of he<ufs (kj, oj&Jlsfc), a.nd 

 pharynx (p>i). A *nd Buffer fVoroan - } Cafcer WjlterVo'iqt. 



FIG. IV. 



Now in all these cases, wonderful as they are, 

 it will be noticed that the new formation has grown 

 directly from the organised substance of the old. 

 This is remarkable enough in all conscience. To 

 translate it into the language of machines one has 

 to imagine a locomotive engine, which has been in 





