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The hook which was used by Waterton was engraved in the 

 original edition of the Wanderings, but I am sure that the 



CAYMAN HOOK. 



draughtsman who drew it could not have seen it. The instru- 

 ment itself is in Waterton' s museum, and I have hei-e sub- 

 stituted my own sketch of it. 



The four prongs are not barbed, but are sharply pointed, as 

 seen in the illustration. They are flattish, and very tough, 

 as they need be, for they are bitten and cracked all over by 

 the teeth of the cayman. The prongs aie kept in their 

 diverging position by wooden pegs driven between them, and 

 the whole instrument is thus made so elastic that it can be 

 compressed by a strong grasp of the hand, and then springs 

 back again to its original form. So, when compressed by the 

 entrails of the acouri, which were wrapped round them, the 

 instrument would slip easily down the cayman's throat, and 

 then expand on being swallowed. 



Chameleon. — One of the Anolis Lizards, probably the 

 Red-throated Anolis {AnoUus hullaris), which are active, 

 chase flies upon trees, and are changeable in colour when 

 excited. The true Chameleons exclusively inhabit the Old 

 World, and are much too sluggish to chase insects. There 

 are several species of Anolis in Guiana. 



Chigoe, sometimes spelled Jigger, or Tschiko (Pulex j)ene- 

 trans.)--Tmy as it may be, the little Chigoe is one of the most 

 detested plagues of the West Indies. To all appearances it 

 resembles our common domestic flea, but it has fortunately not 

 yet become acclimatised in any par* of Europe. There is 



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