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numbers from a panic that is carried to a degree of 

 infelicity, and alfo to redeem it from a perfecution 

 which the unmerited ill-opinion the world has con- 

 ceived, perpetually expofeS it to. 



The gentlemen I am principally indebted to for 

 my informations are J, Arfcott^ Elq; of 'Tehott^ in 

 De'vonfdre^ and Mr. F'ltfield^ of Exeter, Some of 

 thefe accounts were addrelTed to Dodlor Milks ^ 

 Dean of Exeter \ others to the worthy Prelate 

 above-mentioned, to whom I owe thefe and many 

 other agreeable correfpondencies \ others again to 

 myfelf. 



Mr. Arfcotfs letters give a very ample hiftory of 

 the nature of the toad : they were both addrefled 

 to Do6lor MiUes, and both were the refult of cer- 

 tain queries I propofed, which the former was fo 

 obliging as to give himfelf the trouble of anfwering 

 in a mod fatisfadory manner. 



I fliall firft take the liberty of citing Mr. Arfcott's 

 letter of September the 23d, 1768, which mentions 

 fome very curious particulars of this innocent rep- 

 tile, which, for luch a number of years, found an 

 afylum from the good fenfe of a family v/hich foar- 

 ed above all vulgar prejudices. 



" It would give me the greateil pleafure to be 

 ^' able to inform you of any particulars worthy Mr. 

 " Pennants notice, concerning the toad who lived 

 '' fo many years with us, and was fo great a favo- 

 *' rite. The greateft curiofity in it was its becom- 

 f' ing fo remarkably tame. |t had frequented fome 



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