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Cn,i?iilar; viz. die fore-feet have two toes forwards and three backwards, 

 while the hind-feet have three toes forwards and two backwards. All the 

 toes are furnifhed with pretty ftrong claws j a circumftance which deferves the 

 greater attention, as GronoviuSj an accurate fyftennatic naturalift, has, by a 

 moft unaccountable error, made it a principal character of the chameleon to 

 be without claws on the feet. The tail is longilh, and the animal makes 

 life of it to faften itfelf more fecurely, by coiling it round the branch on 

 which it fits. 



The fize of the chameleon is very various. It fometimes meafures near a 

 foot, exclufive of the tail, but is generally much lefs. This curious creature 

 is a native of Africa and Afia, and is alfo found in fome of the warmer 

 parts of Europe, as Spain and Portugal. Its pace is very flow, and it feems 

 to move with much caution and circumfpedtion. 



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