signed to protect them, but which, with their con- tled gray about the head. animal. nivance, are practically, to a great extent, a dead letter. A year ago last March, a batch of eggs was laid from It is stated that the axolotl is used as food by some of the They are, moreover, ignorant of the use… … THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL. was laid, and since then laying has occurred at regular in- the time of Cortez, while others, especially the women, hold tervals of six weeks. In appearance the eggs resemble those it in abhorrence and make it the foundation of many curi- of the frog, are about one-sixth of an…
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