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head, with brown bodies. Those that frequent 

 the hot sand have very rough skins of a mottled 

 reddisli colour like the ground they are on. 



Chameleons are very common, but the natives 

 are afraid of them, and always bring them to me 

 either tied by the tail to a bit of string or stuck 

 in the end of a cleft stick. Their astonishment, 

 always expressed by clapping their hands to their 

 mouths many times, and saying, " Ah ! Ah ! " is 

 very great when they see me handle the pretty 

 things and let them run over me ; also when I 

 point out to them the curious changing colours. 

 One can hardly wonder the natives are fright- 

 ened at them, for they certainly do look very 

 ferocious when they distend their large baggy 

 throats, open their mouths wide, and begin to 

 hiss, but they are perfectly harmless, and I like 

 to feel their little hands clasping my fingers. 



Small smooth lizards of many shapes and 

 colours, some with large and some with small 

 heads, swarm about the house inside and out, 

 and I am sorry to say are eagerly hunted by my 

 kitten, who is most expert at catching them, quick 



