68 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



broad, flat, with compreffed fides : the back is 

 covered with blackifh and whitifh elevations : 

 the anus is tranfverfal : the tail is a little long- 

 er than the body, has two fides, is compref- 

 fed, and has yellowifh fcales, which are here 

 and there on the fides : xhefore and hind feet 

 have five toes, are divided, and all the toes 

 have hamated nails : the fifth toe is the fhort- 

 eft ; all the toes are webbed below, and the 

 webs fit crofs-ways : the upper fide of the 

 body is alh coloured : the tail has eleven black 

 fpots : the belly is white. 



The 1 3th of February, 24 . 7'. S. L. 



Cloudy iky, rainy, inconflant weather; 

 and afterwards a uniform wind. 



The water which we had taken with us from 

 Java was now full of fea Millepedes (Onifci), 

 which Jkipped about in it like young frogs. 



The bulbs of the Crinwn Afiaticum, which 

 I had put into a flower-pot at Java, now be- 

 gan to (hoot leaves. 



The 



