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EL ADDA, 



•HERE is no genus of quadrupeds that I have known ik 

 the eaft fo very numerous as that of the lizard, or of 

 which there are fo many varieties* The eaflern, or dcferc 

 parts of Syria, bordering upon Arabia Deferta, which itill 

 have moifture fuflicienr, abound with them beyond a pof- 

 fibility of counting them. Lam-pofitive that I -can fay, 

 without exaggeration, that the number I fa w one day in- 

 the great couFt of the Temple of the Sun at BaalbeG amounts 

 ed to many thou fands ; the ground, the walls and {tones of 

 the ruined buildings, were covered with them* and the va- 

 rious colours of which they con filled made a very extraor- 

 dinary appearance, glittering under the fun, in which they 

 lay ileeping, or bafking. It was in vain, in a place fo full of 

 wonders as Baalbec, to think of fpending time in defigning 

 lizards. I contented myfelf with collecting and prefer- 

 ving thofel could catch entire, many of which have pe« 



2- rithed; 



