98 A NATURAL HISTORY 



of Vegetables. Father Feuillee *, in a Journey into Afia-mimr^ 

 opened one of thefe Animals, and found in its Belly Peach-Leaves, 

 which were not then digefted.— — A^. J5. Digeflion is very flow 

 in Ca?neleons^ which is the reafon why they take fo little Nou- 

 rifhment. 



The fame Father mentions a fmall Lizard, which he faw in 

 Tern, that was not above an Inch thick, which he calls Chame- 

 kontides, becaufe he changed his Colour, like the Cameleons ; 

 being in a certain Situation, he faw it of a dun Colour ^ in ano- 

 ther, 'twas green This little Creature, he fays, had the fame 



Figure and Proportion as the Great Lizard; named by the Spa- 

 ?iiards, Iquanna j and Senembi, by Marcgra'uius j and he makes 

 that Lizard a fourth kind of Cameleon^ and to be added to the 

 two kinds of Bellonius, one of which is to be found in Arabia^ 

 and the other in Egypt, and to that mention'd by Faber, Lynceus, 

 which may be feen in Mexico, 



Their Tongue is fomewhat peculiar, it being as long as their 

 Body, with which they catch Flies, and other Infedis, which 

 fettle on their Tongues, to fuck the vifcous flimy Matter, adhe- 

 rent to them. The Cameleon puts out his Tongue to draw them 

 upon it, and when 'tis full of thefe Infedts, he pulls it in witli 

 wonderful Agility. Others think, it enclofes its Prey with 

 the tip of its Tongue, which is made in a form proper for that 

 purpofe. 



The Cameleon is an oviparous Ajiimal. y. Jonjionus fays, it 

 has above a hundred Eggs, from Piereskiiis, who nurfed a Fe- 

 male on purpofe to make Obfervations upon the Subjed: -f. Af- 

 ter all the Gentleman's Care about 'em at Smyrna, all of them 

 died within five Months ; and having opened the Female, found 

 thirty Eggs in her, fallen'd one to another in the form of a 

 Chain. Ibid, fupra. 



The Atlas % calls the Cameleon, the Indian Salamander || ; 

 that goes there by the Name of Gekho, from the Noife it makes 

 after hiffing, and is thus defcrib'd, viz. 'tis about a Foot long and 

 fpotted, has large Eyes flarting out, the Tail has feveral white 

 Rings round it, and its Teeth {harp, and ilrong enough to pene- 

 trate an Armour of Steel : it has a flow Motion, but v/here it 



faftens, 



* Feu'tllee's Jotmial.Franchf. 155)7. p. '^. ^ Jonjlojius de Auimahb. iuter ^iar 

 dru^edes, p. 141. % Afnta, U For America. 



