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as they are, always holding them by the head. 

 I used to take them from her and kill them 

 quickly, but now she is too knowing, and marches 

 off with her victim dangling down and squeak- 

 ing piteously to a place where I cannot reach 

 her, and there plays with it at her leisure. 



They are nice amusing little things to have 

 about the house, the tiny babies with their enor- 

 mous eyes being especially pretty. I found four 

 beautiful little round white egg?, about the size 

 of a large pea, in a box of ribbons and lace, and 

 after some months some little bright-eyed spotted 

 fellows an inch long made their appearance. 

 Lizards seem to be rather pugnacious, and fight 

 and chase each other continually. When court- 

 ing they make a pretty little tweet-tweeting 

 noise. 



I like to watch them stealthily creeping along 

 before they make the final spring on their prey ; 

 they then have a most anxious look in their 

 bright eyes, and keep wagging their tails with 

 excitement. They scratch themselves with a 

 hind-leg just like a dog. 



