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a corpse under a grave-cloth. He did not attempt 

 to run, but would wait for me to untie the cloth 

 and take him up ignominiously by the tail and 

 put him in the water. I have an idea that some- 

 times I put him in sooner than he liked. 



The other Water-lizard was hot quite so bold. 

 I took her to be a lady. She was given to hiding 

 under the stones 1 put in the dish, and but seldom 

 did she ascend to hide in the cloth. Occasionally, 

 however, I found both there, and put them back 

 in their watery home. 



Darby and Joan were the names of my friends. 

 It was easy enough to tell when Darby had been 

 spending some time out of water. His coat above 

 would be of a dark color that would last nearly 

 all day, even when he stayed in the water, and it 

 would be late in the afternoon before he would be 

 of the same color as Joan, a sort of grayish yellow. 

 Both were brighter yellow beneath, and neither 

 had gills. Their eyes had a greenish color, and 

 the creatures were four-toed in front and five-toed 

 behind. Their heads were much like those of 

 frogs, noticeably so as I would sit looking at the 

 dish and see Darby's head come rising up to the 

 margin. Seeing 110 body, one would certainly 

 have said that a frog was coming. Darby was 

 six and a half inches long, for I measured him one 

 day. It was easy enough to control him, and hold 

 him in place by his tail while measuring him. I 

 do not think that he admired the performance, 



