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^ miftaken, for I never diflecled one, but content- 

 ^' ed myfelf with opening its mouth, and flightly 

 " infpe6ling it. 



" You may imagine that a toad generally detefted 

 " (altho' one of the moft inoffenfive of all animals) 

 *' fo much taken notice of and befriended, excited 

 ." the curiofity of all comers to the houfe, who all 

 " defired to fee it fed, fo that even ladies fo far 

 *' conquered the horrors inflilled into them by 

 " nurfes, as to defire to fee it. This produced in- 

 " numerable 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 parti» 

 *' culars more worth your notice. When I firll 

 '^ read the account in the papers of toads fucking 

 " cancerous breads, I did not believe a word of it, 

 " not thinking it poffible for them to fuck, having 

 " no lips to embrace the part, and a tongue fb 

 " oddly form.ed ; but as the fadt^ is thoroughly ve- 

 *' rifled, I mod impatiently long to be fully in* 

 *' formed of all particulars relating to it.*" 



Notwithftanding thefe accounts will ferve to point 

 out fome errors I had adopted, in refped to this 

 reptile in my firft Iheet, yet it is with much plea- 

 fure I lay before the public a more authentic hifto- 

 ry, collefled from Mr. Arfcott*s fecond favor ; the 

 anfwer points out my queries, which it is needlcfs 

 to repeat. 



Tehottf 



