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mon an appearance made me go out 
to fee what it was, when I found an 
innumerable {warm of winged ants 
had dropped round his hole, which 
temptation was as irrefiftible as a 
turtle would be to a luxurious al- 
derman. 
<¢ Fifthly, Whether our toad ever 
propagated its fpecies I know not, 
rather think not, as it always ap- 
peared well, and not leffened in 
bulk, which it muft have done, I 
fhould think, if it had difcharged 
fo large a quantity of {pawn as toads 
senerally do. The females that are to 
prepagate in the fpring, I imagine, 
inftead of retiring to dry holes, go 
into the bottom of ponds, and lay 
torpid amongft the weeds ; for to 
my great furprize in the middle of 
the winter, having for amufement 
put a long pole into my pond, and 
twifted it till it had gathered a large 
volume of weed, on taking it off I 
found many toads, and having cut 
{ome afunder with my knife, by ac- 
cident, to get off the weed, found 
them full of fpawn not thoroughly 
formed. I am not pofitive, but 
think there were a few males in 
March: 1 know there are thirty 
“* males 
