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TOADS HATCHED BY DUCKS.
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two children only arrived, with their mother, in France, the
rest having been previously drowned, or otherwise disposed
of. Toussaint was not only refused the comfort of convers-
ing with his family on the passage, but was treated with
the utmost rigour, having been constantly confined in his
cabin, and there guarded by soldiers, with fixed bayonets.
No sooner had he arrived in the harbour of Brest, than he
was hurried on shore, cruelly torn from his beloved family,
and forced to bid them a last adieu. They were detained
prisoners on ship-board, while he was conveyed to a solitary
cell, in the distant castle of Joux, in the neighbourhood of
Mount Gaesa.
This deed was managed by the consul with such profound
secresy, that the place of his confinement was, for some time,
a matter of guess in France. The afflicted wife, two chil-
dren, a niece, and the servants of Toussaint, were not im-
prisoned with less closeness than himself; they were removed
to Bayonne ; but the fate of this interesting family has been
carefully concealed. Toussaint, as supposed, was poisoned;
and, from the character of their oppressor, the reader may
easily anticipate the death of the rest.
TOADS HATCHED BY DUCKS.
The following was taken from the Wakefield Star.
Early in July 180/, a most extraordinary phenomenon
was observed by several people of credit, at the house of
Mr. Rhodes, in Thornes-lane, near Wakefield. A hen had
been sitting on ducks’ eggs, several of which had produced
ducklings : on examining one egg, a small hole was found
in one end of the shell, through which a toad was disco-
vered, not alive, which filled the whole shell, and seemed,
upon breaking it, to be absolutely straitened for want of
207
two children only arrived, with their mother, in France, the
rest having been previously drowned, or otherwise disposed
of. Toussaint was not only refused the comfort of convers-
ing with his family on the passage, but was treated with
the utmost rigour, having been constantly confined in his
cabin, and there guarded by soldiers, with fixed bayonets.
No sooner had he arrived in the harbour of Brest, than he
was hurried on shore, cruelly torn from his beloved family,
and forced to bid them a last adieu. They were detained
prisoners on ship-board, while he was conveyed to a solitary
cell, in the distant castle of Joux, in the neighbourhood of
Mount Gaesa.
This deed was managed by the consul with such profound
secresy, that the place of his confinement was, for some time,
a matter of guess in France. The afflicted wife, two chil-
dren, a niece, and the servants of Toussaint, were not im-
prisoned with less closeness than himself; they were removed
to Bayonne ; but the fate of this interesting family has been
carefully concealed. Toussaint, as supposed, was poisoned;
and, from the character of their oppressor, the reader may
easily anticipate the death of the rest.
TOADS HATCHED BY DUCKS.
The following was taken from the Wakefield Star.
Early in July 180/, a most extraordinary phenomenon
was observed by several people of credit, at the house of
Mr. Rhodes, in Thornes-lane, near Wakefield. A hen had
been sitting on ducks’ eggs, several of which had produced
ducklings : on examining one egg, a small hole was found
in one end of the shell, through which a toad was disco-
vered, not alive, which filled the whole shell, and seemed,
upon breaking it, to be absolutely straitened for want of