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V. Account of a monstrous Lamb. In a Letter from Mr. Anthony 
Carlisle, to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 
K. B. P. R. S. 
Read January 29, 1801, 
Dear Sir, 
X am much indebted to you for the privilege of inspecting 
the monstrous lamb sent by Dr. Pulteney of Blandford, whose 
laudable interest for the promotion of science, induced him to 
present it to you. The animal is a male, and apparently at 
the full period of gestation : its whole frame, excepting the 
head, is of the natural structure ; the deviation in structure 
of this part, resembles none of the series of monsters which 
are usually met with among complicated animals. I have 
preserved the entire skin, in hopes of retaining the outward 
peculiarities of this creature. According to your suggestion, 
I took the opportunity, while the subject was in perfect pre- 
servation, to examine the brain and its connections : they seem 
to me very remarkable, and might have afforded matter, to an 
acute observer, of high interest in the science of physiology, 
had this monster been yeaned alive. Perhaps it may not be 
altogether unuseful, to record those internal deviations from the 
ordinary structure which this dissection presented ; and the 
suggestions arising may possibly excite the attention of some 
future observer, who may be more happily circumstanced. 
The head is disproportionably small ; there being no other 
resemblance to the natural form than in the external ears, 
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