J A V A. 1752. 6j 



colder here than in China. The accounts of 

 feamen of a greater degree of cold at the 

 fouth pole are pretty probable. 



The 8th of February, 20 . 47'. S. L. 



A flying fifh was now and then obferved 

 in thefe parts. 



The nth of February, 22 . 54'. S. L* 



Clear weather. Temperate wind. 



A lizard had acccompanied us from Canton, 

 and was now found in a cabbin. It was Lacer- 

 ta {f&hinenfis) cinerea, caudd ancipiti, corpora 

 paulo longiore, pedibus pentadatlylis omnibus tin- 

 guiculatis. The head is fiat, fhallow, oblong, 

 even : the eyes are covered with a fkin, which 

 at its tranfverfal opening has in the middle 

 three gold coloured points oppofite to each 

 other : the nojlrils are round, largefl near the 

 fnout, one on each fide : higher up are three 

 lefs ones on each fide ; and befides thefe are a 

 good many lefs holes near the eyes : the teeth 

 are numerous, fmall : the tongue is flat, ob- 

 tufe, crenated in the middle ; the body is 

 F 2 broad, 



