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 AMBITIOUS BOY NATURALIST 



to make careful and accurate observations and 

 notes of these creatures which will not only be in- 

 teresting for himself, but his discoveries will be of 

 importance enough to give him a reputation and 

 standing even among the grave old scientists. 



Everybody, however, is familiar with the ap- 

 pearance of 



THE AMERICAN CHAMELEON 



or the green Carolina anolis. 



Perhaps the first creature that attracts the eye 

 of the Northern naturalist upon landing at Florida 

 is a small, slender lizard, which appears omni- 

 present, to be seen running up and down the walls 

 of the old fort at St. Augustine, peering in at the 

 windows of the hotel at Palatka, scampering over 

 the logs of the swamp at Tocoi, or scrambling 

 along the garden fences at Jacksonville. It may 

 also be seen exhibited for sale along with young 



ALLIGATORS, WILDCATS, BLACK BEARS, 



and many other queer objects to be found in the 

 jewelry stores at Jacksonville. 



The specimen from which my illustrations are 

 made I captured at Tocoi. When first taken it 

 was of a sooty black, five minutes afterwards, when 

 I opened the handkerchief in which I was carry- 

 ing it to show my prize to a friend, I was amazed 

 to find, in the place of the dark, dingy 



