Notice of the appearance of Fish and Lizards. 43 
the time since their arrival there, could not possibly have ex- 
rae a fortnight. The fall of meteorolites from the heav- 
has been recorded by the historian, from the earliest ages, 
and as often discredited, from philosophic vanity. The fre- 
ment of the warmth and luxuries of the human stomach: ; 
for these facts, though not personally conversant with them, 
I have the authority of a medical gentleman of unquestion- 
able veracity, to vouch for their rigid truth; in reply to my 
request to be utotese of the habits, food, drink, employment, 
&c. of the patient, I received the following account. “O; 
my ‘arrival, I found that she, (the patient,) had puked up two 
ground puppies and was labouring under a violent sick stom- 
ach, with pain, and syncope: the first was dead when ejec- 
ted, the second was alive when I arrived, and ran about the 
room; they were about three inches long ; ; she informed me, 
that on the road that morning she had thrown up two others; 
the case occurred in the summer, and had =< gradual pro- 
gress, from the first of April, and as she desc 
peculiar sickness, and frequent sensation of sotmathing mov- 
ing in her stomach; with slight pain and _ loss of appetite, 
which increased till her illness. She was about twen enty years 
of age, and had enjoyed good health; her employment had 
confined her in the swamp, during the winter and spring, and 
she had from necessity, constantly drunk swamp water.” 
The physician administered an emetic in quest of more pup- 
pies, but being disappointed, he gave an opiate; she was 
relieved, finally, and has been, since, in health. 
hese animals have, since, been shown to m : they are 
not the ground puppy, (gecko,) as they are valgaly called ; 
they resemble it very much, but are easily disti inguished from 
it; they belong to the same genus, (lacerta, or lizard,) but are 
of the species “ salamander ;” their habitudes too, are essen- 
tially different; the gecko is found in houses and warm places ; 
the salamander in cold damp places, and shaded swamps, 
