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bees; for I have seen the latter fought with, rubbed 

 against the ground until powerless, and, finally, de- 

 voured ; this, however, generally occurred when the 

 lizards were hungry ; though I have seen a frog, sitting 

 composedly u]5on a bed of stoue-crop, leap up aud catch 

 the bees which flew over his bead, and swallow them 

 in utter disregard of their stings ; how this is to be 

 explained I am at a loss to say ; all I know is, that such 

 was certainly the case. 



I hope that the facts I have adduced may be of some 

 little use in supporting those which my friend Mr. Weir 

 has observed. 



