THE LAKE OF PITCH. 



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of love, for every time he takes to flight a loud humming sound 

 is produced. The females are dull olive in color but easily 

 recognizable by their orange feet and legs. Sometimes three 

 suitors would buzz and hum together about one of these 

 sombre little ladies in the gloom of the gorge. 



FIG. 23. THE SAME LIZARD A MOMENT LATER, OBLITERATED BY 

 CHANGE OF POSITION. 



The rotten trees and palm stubs were filled w r ith interesting 

 insects; big black palm weevils (Rhyncophorus palmatum) 

 an inch and a half long, and huge brown cockroaches three 

 inches from head to wing-tip (Blaberus trapezoideus) . With 

 a machete we cut open one log, which w r as like bread in 

 consistency, and found two centipedes, three scorpions, one 



