Class III. TOAD. 23 



who continue on them for some hours, and ad- 

 here so fast as to tear the very skin from the 

 parts they stick to. They spawn like frogs ;• 

 but what is singular, the male affords the fe- 

 male obstetrical aid, in a manner that will be 

 described in the Appendix. f 



To conclude this account with the marvel- 

 lous, this animal is said to have often been 

 found in the midst of solid rocks, and even in 

 the centre of growing trees, imprisoned in a 

 small hollow, to which there was not the lest 

 adit or entrance :+ how the animal breathed, or 

 how it subsisted (supposing the possibility of 

 its confinement) is past our comprehension. 

 Plot's^ solution of this phenomenon is far 

 from satisfactory; yet, as we have the great 

 Bacon s\\ authority for the fact, we do not en- 

 tirely deny our assent to it. 



* Except that the spawn of the frog is deposited in large 

 jelly-like masses, while that of the toad is in double chains, re- 

 sembling necklaces, of the length of three or four feet. Ed. 



t No. I. % Plot's Hist. Staff. 247- § P. 24Q. 



(1 Nat. Hist. Cent. vi. Exp. 570. 



