NEWTS. 



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CHAPTER IV. 



NEWTS— A FISH WITH LEGS— NEWTS FEEDING— NEWT-CANNIBALS 

 — CASTING THE SKIN — STRANGE STORIES— ANOTHER NEWT 

 STORY— HATCHING OP YOUNG — TENACITY OF LIFE— THE 

 STICKLEBACK— ITS PUGNACITY— ITS COLOURS— ACCLIMATISA- 

 TION — THE LAMPERN— A RUSTIC PHILOSOPHER— THE CRAY- 

 FISH — HOW WE CAUGHT IT — REPRODUCTION OF LIMBS— 

 FRESH-WATER SHRIMP— WOODLOUSE AND ARMADILLO. 



The Newts, or Efts, or Evats, as they are called in 

 different parts of England, can be easily distinguished 



THE COMMON NEWT. 



from the lizard by the flattened tail, which, being 

 intended for swimming, is formed accordingly. 

 Two species of these creatures are found in this 



