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meafure be occafioned by their Flefli making ex- 

 cellent Broth, and tailing delicioufly, as I have 

 been credily informed (for I never tailed of any 

 myfelf ) by feveral Perfons of unqueftioned vera- 

 city : from Nofe-end to Tail-end, they were 

 about three foot long -, they are of the exa(ft (hape 

 of a Lizard, but walk far more uprightly upon 

 their Legs, and their Eye (if pofTible) tranfcends 

 the Lizard's in beauty; they are alfo harmlefs 

 to a PFoverb, thofe I faw being tied with a foft 

 ftring round the middle like Monkies, and de- 

 figned as prefents to Sir Hems Sloan, or fome other 

 fuch curious Perfons in England, I had almoft 

 forgot to tell you. That they are all over cover- 

 ed with fcaly fpots, each of which is as wide as 

 a Silver Penny (chequer-wife) fome of the deep- 

 eft blacky and others of the moft perfed: yellow 

 imaginable. An Acquaintance told me, That they 

 were common enough at Bermudas, or the Sum- 

 7ner IJlands, and particularly that he tafted of one 

 at the Governour's Table when he dined with 

 him. Thefe I believe are what the iiril Voyagers 

 called Anolis, 



2. I had not continued above three months up- 

 on the liland of Nevis, before I went to live at 

 Bath Plain Plantation. Oar Houfe there, fliood 

 clofe to the brow of a fmall, though very fteep, 

 Hill, on the fouth-fide of the Plain ; from whence 

 we had a moil charming profpeft of that delight- 



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