g2 LIZARD, 



iz Land. Ltind Frog, Cate/iy, ii. 6g. — Law fofi, 132, 



7 R. With the appearance of a Toad : above grey or brown, fpotted 

 with duflcy j below white, faintly fpotted : irides red : fliort 

 legs. - ^ 



Place. Frequent the high lands : feen moft often in wet weather, in the hot- 



teft time of the day : leap t feed on infeds, particularly the fire-fly, 

 and ant. Sometimes the Americans bake and reduce this fpecies to 

 powder, which, mixed with orrice-root, is taken as a cure for a 

 tympany. 



S3. Cinereous. TTR. With the back gibbous, cinereous, and fmooth : belly yellow, and 

 ■^ granulated: on each fide, from the nofe to the rump, is a white 

 line : the fame on the outfide of the thighs and legs : toes bullated at 

 their ends. 

 Place. Inhabits Carolina. . 



III. LIZARD. Br. ZooL III. 21. Genus III. 



J4-. Allegator. Lacerta Crocodylus) £/». 359. — Catejly,\i, 63. — Law/on, 126. 



T With a vaft mouth, furnifhed with fharp teeth : from the back to 

 the end of the tail ferrated : fkin tough and brown, and covered 

 on the fides with tubercles. Grows to the length of eighteen feet. 

 Place, This dreadful fpecies is found in the warmer parts oi North America; 



and moft numerous as we approach the fouth, and the more fierce 

 and ravenous. Yet in Carolina never devours the human Ipecies, but 

 on the contrary fhuns mankind 3 yet will kill dogs as they fwim the 

 rivers, and hogs which feed in the fwamps. It is often feen floating 

 like a log of wood on the furface of the water, and is miflaken for fuch 

 by dogs, and other animals, which it feizes and draws under water to 

 devour at its leifure. Like the wolf, when prefied by long hunger, 



it 



