that are what they supposed that part of their tackle 

 to be made of, they replied " of the intestines of a 

 silkworm." 



Though I must not pretend to great skill in en- 

 tomology, yet I cannot say that I am ignorant of that 

 kind of knowledge : I may now and then perhaps be 

 able to furnish you with a little information. 



The vast rains ceased with us much about the 

 same time as with you, and since then we have had 

 delicate weather. Mr. Barker, who has measured 

 the rain for more than thirty years, says, in a late let- 

 ter, that more has fallen this year than in any he 

 ever attended to; though from July, 1763, to Janu- 

 ary, 1764, more fell than in any seven months of this 

 year. 



Selborne, yia!«. 2, 1769. 



LETTER XXIII. 

 To Thomas Pennant, Esq. 



It is not improbable that the Guernsey lizard and 



our green lizards may be specifically the same ; all 



that I know is, that, when some years ago many 



Guernsey lizards were turned loose in Pembroke 



College garden, in the university of Oxford, they 



lived a great while, and seemed to enjoy themselves 



very well, but never bred. Whether this circum- 



90 



