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of which spent the whole time with this Varanus. They were at 

 first evidently imbued with the most abject terror when the 

 Monitor approached them, and would huddle together immovable, 

 and with their eyes fixed on their enemy ; but in the course of a 

 few weeks, when they found they were not attacked, and familiarity 

 breeding either contempt or friendship, they frequently rested on 

 the reptile's back. The frogs were varied, belonging at least to 

 several genera, so that they could not have been all " distasteful." 

 The frogs rapidly acquired experience, and overcame what may 

 loosely be called an "instinctive" fear. 



