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"hieh rroceeJed fromabove dowcwards, and from be-

Indi:!. 7. T he principalis, has acarinated tail, am(!-

low up\\ards , the'c being C,IVilics iD the oppofite jaw

on the t:noat,

an~

a fmooth back.

is found ill

lOr¡cei,'e

th~m.

T hcy had twentj'-fevcn dog-lecth

fouth ti merica. 8. The bicarinata, has a eompreffeJ

in the upper jaw, and filleen in the 10IVer,

ith feveral

tail \Vith a double carina, and a qu,ldruplc CArlOa on

void fPdCtS bmveen them. They IVere thick at Ihe

the back.

is a nati,'e of Ihe Indies. 9. T he coro

bOllom, anJ Omp al the point ; being aH of dllFerent

dyl~s

has a fhort verticillated tail, anJ dentated fcales,

fius, exeept ten largc hooked ones, fix of whi(h were

is found in Arriea and Afia.

[o.

Th: 1I.llio, has

in the <)wcr jaw, and four in the upper. The mouth

a venieill.ted tail, and dentated feales. It is a Da.

"'as fifte, n inehes in length, and eight and a half in

tive of Af"iea.

11 .

The mau ritanied, has a OlOrl

breadlh IIhere broaddl ; and the diilanee of the two

va:iei llated tail fmooth at the apex .

is found in

jaws, IVhen op:ned as wide as they eould be, was fifteen

Mauritani..

12,'

T he azurca, has a OlOrt verticil.

inehes and a h..lf. T he fkull, bctween the tWO erefls,

Jatee!

t.il

, and Olarp pointcd fea les.

is a native of

"'as proof .gai nfl a mufkct ball, for it only

render~d

Afriea. 13 . The tureiea, has a verticillatcd tail, and

the part a Itllle white that it Ilruek againfl.

a rough grey body.

is a native of the Eall lndies.

The colou, of the body was of a dark brown on

14. T he ameiva, has a long I'erticillated tail,

feu-

Ihe upper part, and of a whitifh eitron bdow, ",ith

ta: on the belly, and a pl.lited eoll. r.

is a native-

large fpots of both eolours 00 the fides. from the

of Ameriea. 15 . The agilis, hos a prmy long veni·

fooulders tO the extremity of the nil he'was coyered

eillmd tail, with Olarp feales, and acollar formed by

with large feales of a fqo are form, difpofed like paral.

feales. This is the common green lizard, and is a

leI tird"! , and were fifty·two in number ; but lhofe

!tative bolll of Europe and India.

16.

Thc algira,

ne r the

la,1

werc not fa thiek as the rel!. lo ,he Olid·

has a prcuy long I'enieillated tail, and a yeJlow line

die of eaeh girdle lhere were foor protuberances,

on eaeh

fid~

of the body.

is founll in ·laoritaoia.

\VlLÍeh becaOle higher as theyaproachcd the end of

[7.

T he feps has a long veniciJlated tail, wi th a re.

Ihe tail, and eompofed four ro·.vs, of IVhieh the

t~O

fleéted lateral future, aod fquare feales.

is a natil'e

Ihe middle were lower thao the rem.ining t\V'o, forol-

w.rm

c1imms. IS. The fex·lineata, has a long

ir.g tbree ehannels, whieh gre\V deeper the nearer they

venieillated tail. aod rox whi te lines on the baek.

carne tO the tail, and \Vere eonfounded ",ith eaeh other

is a native of Carolina.

19.

The angolata, has a

auoot t\Ve< feet from its eXlremity.

long hexagonal tail, aod Olarp earioalcd feolles.

is a

Thefkinwas defended with a fon of armour, whieh,

native of Ameriea.

hOIVever, was OOt proof againfl a mufket hall, contrary

20.

Theeham:deon, has a crooked cylindrieal tail.

to what has heeo eom nonly faid. However, it muft

T he head of a large ehamreleon is almofl t\Vo inches

be aekno' Icdged,

t1w

the altitude in whieh it IVas

long, and from thenee to the beginninJ of the tail it

plaeed mi¡;ht

eo~tribllte

OOt a linle thereto; for Fro·

is four inehes and a halL T he tatl i, five inehcs long ,

u.bly, if lhe ball had firuck obl:quely ag::inll the /hell,

and the

IW~

and a halL The thicknefs 01' the

it woold have flown off. T hofe parts of the girdles

body is diñerent at JiH'erent feafons; for fometimes

und.rnealh the belly were of a "hiliOl colour, and

from the baek tO lhe bclly it is IVlO inehcs, and

\Vere madc up of feales of dlvers Ibapes. They were

fometimes but one; for he e.n blow himfdf up and

aboot

~ne

fixth of anioeh io thicknefs, and were not (o

eontraét himfelf at plcafure. T his fwellingaod con·

hard as thofe on the blek.

traeiu~

is not only of the baek and belly, but of the

T his ermure Idys eggs of the Gze of thofe of a

legs and t, il

gOufe, to

lh~

numb:r of Ii:{ty: "h:ch fuc eovers over

T hefe diaerent mot:ons are not !ike thofc of other

wilh (,nd, aod leaves

be hatehed by the heat of the

anim.

!!,

wbieh proeecd froOl a e!dat.Hion of thebreafl

fuo. They are lO be met \'Iith in the rivers Nile,

in b,cathing, ar.d \'Ihich rife. anJ follls fueeeOil'ely;

Niger, and e.nges, uerodes otofl other IHge ",'ers io

~ut

they are I'cry irregular, as in tonoifes, anJ frogs.

the foulhcrn partS of Afia, Afriea, and Ameriea.

The ehaOl:!!Ieon has eontinucd as it \Y<re blolVn up for

The croeodde is very denruét"'e to the lo\\'er pco,

I\YO hOll rs

togetll~r,

and th." hc IVollld gro\'l lefs and

pIe of

pper Egypt, often e1evounog women \'Iho .

Id.,

iofeofibly; for lhe dda,ation IVas "I..ays morc

come to lhe river tO fetch water, and ehildren plJ)'ing

q ~iek

and viroble than the cor.traét lon. In this lall

(jO

lhe OlOre or

fwimmin~

in the river.

(J:ItC he appe"red extremely I,an, aoel lite fpine of dIe

Thecaudiverbera, has adepreffed pinnat;fid tail,

b. cI¿ was (JIUP, and all his ribs might be told; like·

and palotattd feel.

is largcr than the eommon

wife lhe lcndons uf the arms anJ Icg5 might be fcen

~reen

lizard. is fOllnd io Peru, and has gOt its nallle

very diflioétly.

from ilS bwing the f.mund wi th ilS "d.

T he

ThcO(:nisverycr.lrl tOlhe toue!t ; aod,notw:thffand·

drae:lra, has a If'ilA t.lil

d~nlated

.bove, afOloo'h ho,!y,

ing he

f~ems

fo ltan, tlh'fC is no fe< li0l: tlle bealÍog 01'

and cqual lOCS.

is a na,ive of Ame,it<. 4. Thc

the "CArt. T he

f"rfA~C

01'

the fk.n iSuIIUI"nl, ,od h.,

fuperediofa , has a carillated tai:, and the fe.tles on

a graln nllt

IInl.ke

fh"6re~n,

bllt vcry f"ft , }¡eeallfe

Ihe back ano eye.brows arc cdi.,ed.

is. Oali, c

e" h eminenee

as InlllOlh as if it was 1'"lifhetl.

of th: lndics.

The feu·al., has a fubcompll fÍcd

$oOle of Ihefeare :ts l,,,/," '" a IIIiddlll'p' rin's h':ad on

lail, .3d a dentated futllre on the back.

a nanl'c

th~

""m I';g'. heJly, . nd tad. but on

ti ..,

(J,Oltl,llI~

and

cf Aroa. 6. T he monilor, has a c."in. ted tAlI, antl

I'o:,d th'; YrlIe <of

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I,v.d Ji.,III<·, .iod

I"tlc }.,r;:Lr.

",hile rye.llke fpo15

lhe body.

is a catire of lhe

Tho[e

'JII'kr

lhe tI" o" t

r.I"~Ld

"Ilhe fun"

01'

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