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the hollows and caves of the rocks, both on the hill-sides and on the sea shore, a little above high- 

 water mark. It seems to live in families, and in its wild state is remarkably shy. In the cold weather 

 it is fond of coming out of its hole and warming itself in the sun on the side of a rock, and in summer 

 it enjoys the breeze on the top of the hills, but in both instances, as well as when it feeds, a sentinel 



