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family which foared above all vul- 
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“¢ It would give me the greateft 
pleafure to be able to inform you 
of any particulars worthy Mr. 
Pennant’s 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 becoming fo remark- 
ably tame. It had frequented 
fome fteps before the hall-door 
fome years before my acquaint- 
ance commenced with it, and 
had been admired by my father 
for its fize (which was of the 
largeft I ever met with) who 
conftantly payed it a vific every 
evening. I knew it myfelf 
above thirty years, and by con- 
{tantly feeding it, brought it te 
be fo tame that it always came 
to the candle, and looked up as 
if expecting to be taken up and 
brought upon the table, where I 
always fed it with infects of all 
forts: it was fondeft of fiefh 
maggots, which I kept in bran ; 
it would follow them, and when 
within a proper diftance, would 
fix its eye, and remain motion- 
* lefs for near a quarter of a mi- 
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