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nana plants, &c. The flefh is efteemed 

 a great delicacy by the Indians, Ne- 

 groes, and even White Inhabitants who 

 have long redded in the country. They 

 bite very deep, but their bite is not ve- 

 nomous. 



Mere is likewife the Mexican Came- 

 leon, remarkable for the change and 

 beauty of its colours ; and a great mul- 

 titude and variety of beautiful Lizards, 

 of different kinds, frequenting the 

 houfes and gardens. Thefe are perfectly 

 innocent and harmlefs ; but the greater 

 part of them are likewife found either 

 in Brajil, Terra Firma, New Spain, 

 or the Carihee Iflands, and have been 

 already defcribed by L inner us, in his 

 Syflema Naturce, to which I mall refer 

 you for a particular account of them. 



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