462 A Lizard/ouml in a Millstone, — Lusiis Naturce. 



fossil crocodile lately discovered in the nciglibourhood of that 

 city. 



" It is now certain that this crocodile is of a species qnite pe- 

 culiar, and different not only from all living crocodiles, but from 

 all fossil crocodiles hitherto discovered. The only one which 

 comes near it, is that dug up near Pappenheim, and which is 

 preserved in the Cabinet of the Royal Academy of Bavaria." 



A LIZARD FOUND IN A MILL-STONE. 



A short time since, as David Virtue, mason, at Auchtcrtool, a 

 village four miles from Kirkaldy, in Scotland, was dressing a 

 barley niili-stone from a large block, after cutting awav a part, he 

 found a lizard iml)edded in the stone. It was about an inch and 

 a quarter long, of a brov/nish yellow colour, and had a round 

 head, with brig!it sparkling projecting eyes. It was apparently 

 dead, l)Ut after being about five minutes exposed to the air it 

 showed signs of life. One of the workmen, very cruelly, put snuft' 

 in its eyes, which seemed to cause it much pain. It soon after 

 ran about with mucli celerity; and after half an hour was brushed 

 off the stone and killed. When found, it \\as coiled up in a round 

 cavity of its own form, being an exact impression of the animal. 

 This stone is naturally a little damp ; and about half an inch all 

 round the lizard was a soft sand, the same colour as the animal. 

 There were about 14 feet of earth above the rock, and the block 

 in which the lizard was found was 7 or 8 feet deep in the rock ; 

 so that the whole depth of the animal from the surface was 21 or 

 22 feet. The stone had no fissure, was quite hard, and one of 

 the best to be got from the quarrv of Cullaloe — reckoned perhaps 

 the best in Scotland. 



LUSUS NATURJC. 



A person of the name of Robinson, has obtained and brought 

 to New York, from the Indian country near Mackinac, an Indian, 

 having in each arm and leg more than double the number of 

 joints ordinarily allowed to man by Nature. This extraordinary 

 being is in a measure helpless, and unable to stand, vet he has 

 discovered a contrivance by which he obtains locomotion — this 

 is a large wooden bovvl, in which he rolls himself along with con- 

 siderable facility when on a smooth and level surface. This In- 

 dian is said to be quite intelligent, speaking the tongues of three 

 or four different tribes, and conversing fluently in the common 

 French of the country. 



Mr, Robinson mentions that he saw, while in the Indian coun- 

 try, what he deems a far greater curiosity. This is an Indian, 

 whose body is thickly covered with long hair. The hair on the 

 outside of his hands and fingers, which is permilted to grow, is 



staled 



