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S2CGCRRIUVS CAUDA CHARULEA 
The blue Tail Lizard, 
HIS Lizard is ufually {mall, 
feldom exceeding fix inches in 
length 5 the head fhort ; 5 the 
3 oe 
ws body brown; except that from 
the nofe runs five yellow lines, at equal 
diftances, along the back to the tail. They 
are feen often on the ground, and frequent 
hollow trees. Some people fufpect them to 
be venomous, though I never heard of an 
inftance to confirm it. They are found in 
Virginia and Carolina. 
ANONA fruéttu viridi 
HIS Shrub grows ufually to the height of 
about ten or twelve feet; the branches grow 
with bendings, at the diftances of two inches oan 
one another, at the angles of which fhoot forth its 
leaves alternately, which, in fhape, are like thofe 
of the Bay-tree, with very fhort footftalks. ‘Ihe 
flowers hang fingle, on foo ae about an inch. 
Jong, and are compofed of fix petals, viz. three 
which are round and white, said three larger green 
ones, which are pointed, and cover the round ones: 
n 
al over-ripe Pear; witl 
brown feeds, placed at diftances within the fruit. 
Thefe, with moft of the other kinds of Anona, are 
food for Guana’s, {maller Lizards, and other animals: 
thefe are natives of Hi/paniola, Ilathera, Andros 
Ifles, &c. but no where north of the Northern 
p 
The Aeuit of fome of the forts of Zona have, from 
their tafte, obtained among the Exg/i/b the names of 
Cuftard-Apple, Sugar-Apple, and Sour-Sops 
Lézard a la queue bleué, 
QE Lézard eft ordinairement petit, 
og ‘ayant ached que fe x pouces de 
a 
& brun eee 
lignes jaunes gui s Sores a des ch Ah lances 
égales depuis le nex le long du dos jujqu'a ta 
gucué. On voit fouvént ¢ ces Lézards fur la 
terré, &F ils Sréquentent les arbres creux. if 
ya ae gens qul y ae attré veni- 
mieux; uot que f jamais out parler 
d accident ga erie ‘ee opinion. On 
les trouve a la Virginie &P @ la Caroline, 
levi, Pyri inverfi forma. 
Ee : es 8 dleve brdinatréement & Ia hauteuP 
uc doure fiés. ranches croiffent avec 
des Ph ie log nes de deus pouces les uns des autrés, dés 
angles de, <a ale se egal ee ee ie 
ble at p leur form u lau ‘ont lés 
a pet: watts, & 
milieu de la 
un cs Shee slokgibes 
guannas, les petits kzards, & ad’ antres atimann. Eyt 
originaire des iles de St. Domingue, d@ jlathere, 
@ Andros, &c. mais on nen voit nulle part au dela a 
Drone ee 
Les fruits de quelques efpeces d’Anotia ott bed 
nommes par les Anglois, @ a caufe de leur gout, iene, 
de fucre, pommes de créme, pommres aigres, 
