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large as a sweet pea, I found nothing 

 of value. My specimens were duly for- 

 warded to Madras, but the Government 

 were not disposed to open a fishery. 



One day when I was out in camp 

 holding office in a tent, a large iguana, 

 whose hole may have been accidentally 

 enclosed by the tent walls, suddenly 

 found itself, to its great alarm, in the 

 midst of the conclave of writers in white 

 calico, bundles of papers, rugs, and ink- 

 stands. The lizard was between two and 

 three feet long, and as it rushed blindly 

 round and round, seeking a way of es- 

 cape, it created quite as much horror and 

 confusion among my Brahmin scribes as 

 it felt, careering over them and their 

 carpets till it at last found an exit. 



When tranquillity was restored, one 



