REPTILES IN THE TARN AND THE GREEN LANE8. 7? 



have come across them at one time or another. Still 

 less need is there to contradict them, or to show the 

 fallacy of believing that one of the most harmless of 

 God's creatures can in any way be connected with 

 evils like those recorded to have been produced by 

 it. Both male and female newts cast their skins 

 frequently, and these, in the aquarium, may be seen 



Fig. 65. 



Fig. 66. 



Female of Smooth Newt, 



settling at the bottom. By dint of a little care the 

 exuvium may be collected, by floating it over a 

 glass slip, and allowing it to dry. It will then be 

 seen to be a perfect envelope, having been moulted 

 from every part. 



The Smooth Newt soon gets accustomed to the 

 aquarium. We have kept 

 them, and bred from them ; 

 and remember how they 

 became accustomed to our 

 tap on the glass front of 

 the aquarium, which tap 

 had became associated in their experience with 

 small bits of beef or worms, with which we fed them. 

 The tadpoles of this newt are very bright, cheerful 

 objects, and the aquarium soon looks lively with 

 their constant and graceful movements. 



Tadpole of Newt. 



