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opening their huge mouths very wide and making 

 snaps at the tufts of grass, often holding them 

 down near the roots with a clumsy paw to get a 

 better purchase. It is still more amusing to see 

 them drink. 



I have also had large lizards or iguanas brought 

 me, and tried to keep them, but they would never 

 eat in captivity, so I always let them run. Those 

 I had were most lovely turquoise-blue and eme- 

 rald-green creatures, two feet long, the colours 

 most exquisitely blended. I often see a smaller 

 species, with a large broad head, resting on the 

 trunks of trees, curiously jerking up its head and 

 shoulders whilst waiting for flies. 



Their rough-looking skins are variously coloured, 

 some so exactly like the bark of the tree that it 

 is difficult to discover them unless they move. I 

 saw some lovely fellows, quite a foot long, with the 

 head, neck, and fore-legs bright turquoise-blue ; 

 this was shaded off to a green body, the green 

 again shaded off to a brown tail, a streak of 

 yellow down the back completing the lovely 

 colouring. Many have only a greenish blue 



