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golden green is shaded with brown. The large 

 eyes arc globes of the purest gold, the brilliancy of 

 which is still heightened by a black stripe which 

 crosses them in the middle lengthwise. The thighs 

 and the legs are ot" the same mixed colour with the 

 under part of t he body ; to conclude, the tarsus and 

 the antennae are black. 



The Nile, in the neighbourhood of Eclmiimm, 

 furnishes fish in great abundance. The species 

 which I saw there most commonly, is the hayatte^ 

 which grows to a very large size without being 

 much the better *. 



» Look back to the close of vol. ii. 



