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Show A Metamorphosed Toad. Some time since Prof. Bar loot, curator of the Museum, hud specimens speci-mens of slag given him, and finding they contained araenio, he placed them under a glass box. Subsequently a dead horny toad was picked up and taken to him, and knowing the preservative pre-servative qualities of arsenic, he thought, by way of experiment, he would place the defunct toad under the glass among the slag. He did so; a few daya later be went to soe what the condition of tbe animal was, when be discovered that instead of being preserved, the toad was becoming gradually and beautifully less; in fact, the arsenical fumes were consuming tbe flesb of the poor thing. Thia process went on until only the skin and bones were left, and tbemefa morphosed horned toad was trans formed into a peculiar oharacter. Thnnoh it natural (nrm vot rpmainn it has lost its natural color, and has taken tbat of the bright yellow of the oxide of lead, of which there is considerable con-siderable under the glass. Tbe first imprceaion one receives on seeing it is that by bo rue means the toad must have gone through tbe smelter and come out "well leaded," yet whole in structure. |
