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young ones, three or four feet in length, 

 are frequently killed on fhoar by the 

 Negroes with hoes or bills. They are lefs 

 mischievous here than they are reported 

 to be in other parts of America. 



The Iguana of Guiana is alfo of the 

 Lizard kind, and is about three feet in 

 length, from the head to the end of the 

 tail. The fkin is covered with fmall 

 thin fcales, and is of a dull brown co- 

 lour, variegated on the back and fides 

 with bluiih ftreaks, and on the neck 

 with black fpots. The legs and feet are 

 of a dull blue colour, and the toes are 

 armed with crooked claws. The back 

 and tail are formed into a (harp edge, 

 which is indented. The fkin under the 

 throat hangs loofe like a bag, and its 

 jaws are fet with fharp teeth like thofe 

 of a fickle. They run with great fwift- 

 nefs, and are ufually killed by the Indi- 

 ans with arrows, among fruit trees, a- 



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