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««" rump, inftead of the tail there, they had a flump of ar tail, Horrible 



■^ ' Lizard. 



<5- which appeared like another head; but not really fuch, being, 



<• without mouth or eyes ; yet this creature feemedby this means • 



<^ to have a head at each end ; and which may be reckoned a 



«- fourth difference, the legs alfo feemed all four of them to be 



«' fore-legs, being all alike in fliape and length,, and feeming, by 



« the joints and bending, to be made as if they were to go in- 



" differently either head or tail foremofl. They were fpeckled 



" black and yellow hke toads, and had fcales or knobs on their 



" backs like thofe of crocodiles, plated on to the fkin, or fluck- 



" into it as part of the fkin. They are very flow in motion, and 



<♦ when a man comes nigh them, they will fland ftill and hifs, 



" not endeavouring to get away. Their livers are alfo fpotted 



" black and yellow; and the body when opened has a very un- 



" favoury fmell." 



I HAVE little doubt but that this is the horrible animal figured. 

 by Se3a * under the name of Salamandra 'vera Seu Gekko Cey- 

 lonicus. He defcribes it as moll dreadfully venomous, even fo as 

 to infedt the very waters to fuch a degree, as to poifon any. 

 perfon who is fo unfortunate to drink of them. 



He found here green turtle weighing two hundred pounds ;. 

 and abundance of large fliarks, from which he gave name to the 

 bay. In the maw of one he difcovered what he calls the head 

 of a Hippopotamus \ the hairy lips were found; and two of the 

 teeth he pulled ovit were eight inches long, and a little crooked ; 

 the refl only four. I muft quefHon whether this was the real. 

 Hippopotamus, or the Dugon ? 



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