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Whilst the changes in the method of breathing are going 

 on, a pair of fore-legs grow out from the shoulders, followed 

 by a pair of hind-legs from the back part of the body, and 

 then we have a perfect little newt. Now our little fish-like 

 animal can leave the water and come out on the land ; it 

 can crawl about with its newly-formed legs and breathe in 



FIG. 5. METAMORPHOSIS OF NEWT. 



a, b, c, d, Various stages in development of egg. 

 e, f, g, Progressive stages in development of immature newt. 



the air in the same way that the higher animals do, by 

 means of its lungs. Turn that large stone over at your feet. 

 See, there is a young newt which has quite given up its 

 watery habits ; it has forsaken the manner of life and 

 habits of a fish, and adopted those of a reptile. 



But the full-grown newt also leaves the water when its 



