. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 104 TOAD. The last of tho true wlucli can be mentioned in tliis sunk h the BoMHARDiFr iBomhtnator u;), a native of many parts of Europe, and in France It IS tond of water, and seldom found in very dry localities. When disturbed it In. the power ot ^. a strong and very unpleasant odour of garlic, wide l^^rve si tn means of defence, like the penetrating scent of the connnon .'nged snako. It Is .act v' and can both swim
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 104 TOAD. The last of tho true wlucli can be mentioned in tliis sunk h the BoMHARDiFr iBomhtnator u;), a native of many parts of Europe, and in France It IS tond of water, and seldom found in very dry localities. When disturbed it In. the power ot ^. a strong and very unpleasant odour of garlic, wide l^^rve si tn means of defence, like the penetrating scent of the connnon .'nged snako. It Is .act v' and can both swim and leap well. The eggs are laid in long strings, and the tadpole io,' a very large size when com,.ared with the earliest of h perU^k existence and Til- ^J::^:;::^:itrt''' "^-^â¢"-'- ^^ ^-^^^ - ^"^ ^-^^^ ^^^^e than a^er Itt spot!i!d ^dlHlue i:;:;,.^'"^-â ^-' ^« ^-^-h brown above, and orange below, marbled or !''». l-nown'nX ^!e'H^i! f "-l'"^'; «^«^7'"'^ , including those creatures which aro Unov\n nndei tic title of Toads, and of which the Common Toad of Europe is so familiar The geneml aspect and habits of this creature are too well known to require more than road, and none wi h less ivason. In the olden .lays, the Toad was hehl to be the v v com,..ndium of poison, and to have so an effect upon human beings, that wo per' ns 1 ed^ .sflL even in hose tunes, it was held to possess two virtues, the one beinc. (f idS::!?at'^!^'"^"' ^" '' ^^"'"^ '' '^^ "-â¢'' ^-' ^^- «^''- ^^-'' P-er of curil^ This ,jeM-cl could ii(,t be procured by dissection, but must be obtained bv causing tI,o owner to e,ec it. ''But the ; says one of the quaint old writers, 'Ms Tn ta dn'of if ,1^^ lor hey .say it must be taken out of the head alive belbrc the Toa. be dead wfth a pS tSVS';';,"; ?!lv ' '"^>'^'"^^^' -'---^'^=^1 ^'-y are much delighted, so Sat w ik^^ 1 e , b
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