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est snake I ever saw. What good or harm tlire is 

 in them, I know not. Some of these water snakes 

 will swallow a black land snake, half as long again 

 as themselves. 



The scorpion lizard is no more like a scorpion, 

 than a hedge hog ; but they very commonly call 

 him a scorpion. He is of thf lizard kind, but 

 much bigger ; his back is of a dark, copper color ; 

 his belly an orange ; he is very nimble in running 

 up trees, or on the land, and is accounted very poi- 

 sonous. He has the most sets of teeth in his 

 mouth and throat that ever I saw. 



Green lizards are very harmless and beautiful, 

 having a little bladder under the throat, which 

 they fill with wind, and evacuate the same at plea- 

 sure. They are of a most glorious green, and 

 very tame. They resort to the walls of houses in 

 the summer season, and stand gazing on a man, 

 without any concern or fear. There are several 

 other colors of these lizards, but none so beautiful 

 as the green ones are. 



Of frogs we have several sorts ; the most famous 

 is the bull frog, so called, because he lows exactly 

 like that beast, which makes strangers wonder 

 (when by the side of a marsh) what is the matter, 

 for they hear the frogs low and can see no cattle ; 

 he is very large. I believe I have seen one 'v\^ith 

 as much meat on him as a pullet, if he had been 

 dressed. The small green frogs get upon trees 

 and make a noise. There are several other color- 

 ed small frogs : but the common land frog is likest 



