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but I think even you may be interested in a 

 triped which I happen to possess just now, and 

 which, if you do care for it, is at your service. 

 The fact is that in sending for some frogs for my 

 lectures, one of them, a fine fellow, proved to have 

 but one hind leg. The leg is very powerful, and 

 when on earth, or when resistance is afforded to 

 its hold, it is astonishing to see how far this frog 

 jumps by its aid. In fact, as to locomotion, the 

 leg does the ordinary duty of two very well. I 

 do not see any mark of a former wound, and I 

 thought you might be pleased to observe first 

 the frog's actions and afterwards its structure. If 

 so, drop me a note and I will send it to you. 



' Ever truly yours, 



' W. Faraday.' 



'February 21. — Geological Society Anniver- 

 sary. R. having declined the office of president, 

 is now vice-president.' 



' April 15. — R. wrote to Willy to tell him of a 

 curious mistake in the old Latin dictionary. The 

 word " alee " = " elk," has the extraordinary note 

 that it was a creature " without joints in its legs ! " ' 



% May 10. — A great box arrived full of 

 statistics for R. "to cast his eye over." They 

 consist of information elicited by questions put 

 by the Commissioners.' 



' \$th. — R.'s introductory lecture to his 

 Hunterian Course for the season.' 



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