CHAPTER XXVI. 



LIZZIE, 



THIS tame slow-worm was promised a chapter to 

 herself in my book, and I trust my readers will not 

 tire of her doings, but vouchsafe their kind attention to an 

 exhibition of still other feats in which the little Angttis 

 fragilis vies with the Great Anaconda. 



In her maternal aspect we have done with her. The 

 heroine of the present chapter was for a much longer time 

 in my possession than * Blackie ' and those other poor 

 victims, and therefore tamer. When my friends exclaimed, 

 * Why on earth do you call that little snake " Lizzie " } ' the 

 simple reply was : ' Because she is not a snake, but a lizard.' 

 In what respects the slow-worm is a lizard my readers 

 already know ; I will therefore describe what I hope may 

 prove of zoological interest. Already 'Lizzie' has ingratiated 

 herself with the readers of Aunt Judy s Magazine,^ as also 

 with her personal acquaintance for her gentle and innocent 

 manners. 



* Wrongly named ; or, Poor Little Lizzie,' by Catherine C. Hopley. June iSSo. 



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