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pearance, must be blind, and feel itself in 

 an awkward uneasy situation. WHITE. 



I have seen many sloughs or skins of 

 snakes entire, after they have cast them 

 off; and once in particular I remember to 

 have found one of these sloughs so intri- 

 cately interwoven amongst some brakes 

 that it was with difficulty removed with- 

 out being broken : this undoubtedly was 

 done by the creature to assist in getting 

 rid of its incumbrance. 



I have great reason to supgose that 

 the eft or common lizard also casts its skin 

 or slough, but not entire like the snake ; 

 for on the 30th of March, 1777, I saw 

 one with something ragged hanging to it, 

 which appeared to be part of its old skin. 



MARKWICK. 



