THE NEWT OR EFT, 
a fish : it can swim, and for the most part of the 
year will live in the pond, and not once try to come 
out of it. It has four legs, and can walk very 
well, and it will walk up and down in the mud of 
the pond, and now and then swim up to the top 
for air. It will eat very tiny fish, or the eggs of 
the toad or frog : it has a very long tail, and its 
toes have a web like the toes of a duck ; its back 
and head, and part of its tail, are very dark ; the 
rest of its body is of a deep red or gold hue, with 
now and then a dark spot on the gold. The 
Newt, or Eft, as some call it, is kept, now and 
then, in a jar, with gold fish : when this is the 
case, it must be fed w^ith meat, and it will swim up 
and down in the jar, or walk over any bits of rock 
that may be in it. I can not say I like them very 
much, but they do no harm to any one ; and if you 
wish to keep one in a jar to see what it is hke, and 
what sort of ways it has, you may do so, but when 
you have had it for a time, it will be best to put it 
back into the pond, as it will then find its own 
food, and it will like that best, I am sure. 
