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lel, from lhe

lowe~

lip

the

brc.ff.

Somc :on the

hcad and b.tck are

ar:lalr~d

togcthcr in e1uOer:, wilh

fpac~s

belweco them, on whieh are almoll impercep–

tible fpols of

pal~

red

~od

ycllow eolour; as IVell as

the ground of the n,in ilrelf; whieh plainly appears

bmve~n

Ihefe eldle,,_ T his ground changes eolour

when lhe animal is

d~ad ,

be:oming of agreyifh brolVn,

:in.! Ihe {¡nall fpOlSare 1'.':liliOI.

T he eolour of all lhefe cminen:es, when the eham:!:–

leon is al rdl in a fhady place, is of a bluiOI grey,

exeept on the c1aws, where it is.IVhite \Vilh a /inle

ydlow; anJ lhe fpaees between the c1ullers is of

pale

red and yellow, as was before c.bferved. But when

he is in lhe fun, all pans of the body whieh are alfee–

le.! IVith lhe lighl, beeome of a greyifh brown. or

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lher of a ta\Vny. Th3t pan oflhe Oón whieh lhe fun

docs not Oline on, ehanges inlo feveral brighter eo–

lours, whieh form fpo!s of the fize of

h.lf

one's fin–

g~r.

Some of lhefe defeend from lhe fpine half way

on the baek; and others appear on the fides_ arms,

and laiL T hey

ar~

all of an ifabella eolour, from a

mixlure of a pale yellol'/ and of a bright red, wbieu

is the eolou r of lhe ground of lhefkin.

T he head ofaehameleon is nOlllnlike thal of a fiOl,

it bei ngjoined to lhe breall by a I'ery fhort neek. eo–

v~red

on eaeh (ide Wilh eartilaginous mcmbranes re–

fembliog lhe gills of fifhes. There is a crell direllly

on the 10p of lhe head, and llVO others on eaeh fide

abore lhe eyes, and bet",eeoIhefe lhere are tlOO eavilies

near lhe top of lhe head. Thc munle is bluot, and

nol mueh llolike lhat of a frog; at lhe end there is a

hole 00 eaeh fide for the nollrils, bU! lhere are no

ears, nor any lign of any .

Thejaws are furnifhed IVilh leelh, or rather \Vilh a

bonein lhe form of leelh. whieh he makes little or !lO

ufe of, beeau fe he lives upon fwallowing Ries and 0-

ther infells, WilhoUl ehewing lhem. Toe form , ftrue–

ture, and mOlion of Ihe Eyes, have fúmelhing vuy

.particular; for they are very large, being almoll half

3n ineh in diameter They are of a globous figur.e :

whieh maybe eafil) feen, beeaufe they Iland OUt of lhe

head. T hey have a tingle eye-lid I,ke a cap, \Vilh

hole in Ihe mid.Jle, thruugh whieh the fighl of Ihe eye

appears, wllieh is of a fhining brown, and round it

lhere is a linle eirele of a gold eolour. T his eye.lid

l1as a grain like Olagreen, as

"'eJl

as the olher parts of

lhe n(in; and when Ihe ,ell of the body changes eo·

lou r, and alfumes (pOts of difTercnl !hapes, thofe on

lhe Ed always kecp the fame form, though lhey are

tintlured with the fame eolour as the O<Ín.

But Ihe

moll eXlraordinary lhing relaling 10 the eyes is, thal

l~is

ar.imal oflcn moves one IVhen the olller is en–

tirely al refl; nay, fome imes one eye \ViII feem tO

look dirctlly forward, ar.d lhe other backIVa rd; and

one IVilllook

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Ihe fl(y when lhe other rega,ds the

carth.

That par! of lhe body whieh is eallcd the lrunk,

and eomprchentls Ihe Ihora" antl ,he bclly, in a eha–

O1:ekon is . Imol! all

lhor ~x

\\'ilh lillle or no belly_

T he fOHr ft'Cl are all of a Icngth; and the only -ddlc–

·rer.ee

bet wccn lhem

i~,

thal thofe befure are

turl\~t1

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backIVards. and

thof~

behind

forwar~s.

Thm are

five loes on caehpaw, whieh have a g;ealer refemblance

lO hands th. n fect. They are all d(.:dcd

ir.to

I\VO

IVh ich gil'es the appearanee of tIVO hands lO eaeh arm:

anu t\Vo fcel to eaeh leg ; and lhough one of lbefe pans

have three toes, and lhe other but tlVO, yel they

r~em

lObe all of lhe fame fize. Thefe toes lie

tog~ther

under lhe fame ·fki n as in a mimn; howe"er, their

Olape mighl be feen through the O<Ín_ With lbefe

paws lhe ehamrelcon eanlay hold of thefmall brnnches

of trees

the fame manner as a parrot. When he

about to pereh, he parts his loes ditrereot fromb:rds,

beeaufe he puts tIVO behiod and two before_ The

e1aws are /inle, erooked, very fharp, and of a p,t"

yellolV, proceeding but halfway OUt of lhe n(in, while

the other half is hid beneath 1. His walk is Oower

than lhat of a tOrtoife, and he

f~ems

to move along

...ilh an alfellation of gr2l'ity. He (eems 10 feek for

a proper place to fel bis feet upoo; and \-:hen

e1imbs up

trm,

he does not trull to his feet I:ke fquir.

rel~

but endeavours 10 find out e1efls in tbe bark, !hat

he may gel a furer hold.

His lad is like tbat of a viper when il is pu!red up

and round; for otherwire the bones may befeen in tbe

(ame manner as on the baek. He al"ays I'mps his

tail round Ih_e branches of !rees, atu it ferves him as

\Vere inllead of a

fifl~

h.r.d.

He is a native of Afriea aod Afia.

Thegeeko, has a eylindrieal lail , concaveears,

and

wanybody.

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the Iodian falamander ofBonlius.

" This animalis very frequent in Cairo, (fays HafI'el·

quill) both in lhe houfes and IVilhout them. The p'o,fon

oflhisanimal is very fingular, as ;lexhales from Ihe lobu·

of (heloes. The animal feeb all places and lhings in:–

pregnated "ith fea fall, and ptlline over Ihém feveral

times leaves this very noxious poifon behind il. lo July

I7 50,

lfawI\VO \Vomenand agir!, in Cairo, althe pOiOl

of dealh, fromw ing ehrefe ne\V falted, bonght in the

market, and on whieh tbis animal bad dropt ilS poifon •

Once at Cairo.

had anopponunily ofobferving hOlVa–

erid tbe exhalations of tbe toes of lhis anim.1are, as il

ran over lhe hand of aman who endea.oured to ealch

il; there immedialely rofe litde Funules over all Ihofe

parts the animal had toucb'ed; thefe \Vere red, infla·

Oled, and fmaned a little, greatly refembling thofe oc–

eafioned by the Ilinging of nenlrs.

emils an odd

found . trpecially in the night. from ilS throal, nOI"n–

like that of a

fro~."

2:.

The fcir.cus, h,sacylindri.

cal tail, eomprrlTed at the point, and blunt margina.

led toe!. This animal is found in Arabia

Petr~a

lhe Red

S~a,

and in Upper Egyrt nm the Nile.

much ufed bv lh: inhabitants of Ihe Ean as an apllrodi.

fi¡eum. bUl

~Ol

al this time by IheEuropeans. The fielh

of the ,mimal is . ioenin rowder, l'.'ilOfome

!li,~uló!\ng

vchicle; brolh °r,¡ade of Ihe reeenl

flclh.

"kn,íf~

ured hy the Arahs. It is brollght from L1rrcr Egl pl

and Arabia lO :\Iexandria, "hence il i5 c.med lO

Venice anu

r-!~ rfe,lIes,

amI from

ther.ee

tO all Ihe a–

pOlhécari~s

lI,ops c.f Europe.

has hrrn 3n '''''',

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