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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.12.06. Hensleigh pointed at toad & it swelled. CUL-DAR189.25. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. RN1

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Dec 6 1867 Hensleigh pointed at toad & it swelled till it was lifted on legs. See his Dict. [Dictionary of English Etymology, p. 403] in every language means swelling —

Æsops fable of swelling ~~like an animal~~ with the ox. Same principle effected by different means with Hair & feathers.

[Expression, p. 104.]

Murie says scales of snakes furnished with same muscles with hairs.— Expression

[James Murie (1832-1925) was a physician, naturalist and Prosector to the Zoological Society, 1865-1870.]

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