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be blind, and fe^l itself in an awkward 

 uneasy situation. White. 



I have seen many sloughs or skins of 

 snakes entire, after they have cast them 

 off ; and once in particular I remember to 

 have found one of these sloughs so intri- 

 cately interwoven amongst some brakes 

 that it was with difficulty removed without 

 being broken : this undoubtedly was done 

 by the creature to assist in getting rid of 

 its incumbrance. 



I have great reason to suppose that the 

 eft or common lizard also casts its skin or 

 slough, but not entire like the snake ; for 

 on the 30th of March, 1777, I saw one 

 with something ragged hanging to it, which 

 appeared to be part of its old skin. 



Markwick. 



