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" be mistaken, for I never dissected one, but 

 " contented myself with opening its mouth, and 

 " slightly inspecting it. 



" You may imagine that a toad generally 

 " detested (although one of the most inoffen- 

 " sive of all animals) so much taken notice of 

 " and befriended, excited the curiosity of all 

 " comers to the house, who all desired to see it 

 " fed, so that even ladies so far conquered the 

 " horrors instilled into them by nurses, as to 

 " desire to see it. This produced innumerable 

 " and improbable reports, making it as large 

 " as the crown of a hat, &c. &c. This I hope 

 " will account for my not giving you particu- 

 " lars more worth your notice. When I first 

 " read the account in the papers of toads suck- 

 " ing cancerous breasts, I did not believe a 

 " word of it, not thinking it possible for them 

 " to suck, having no lips to embrace the part, 

 " and a tongue so oddly formed ; but as the 

 " fact is thoroughly verified, I most impatiently 

 " long to be fully informed of all particulars 

 " relating to it." 



Notwithstanding these accounts will serve to 

 point out some errors I had adopted, in respect 

 to this reptile in my first sheet, yet it is with 

 much pleasure I lay before the public a more 



