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CHAP. XIII. 



Of the 'Tongue of the Lizard, 



Hp HIS little Animal is extreamly 

 common in Portugal, I fup- 

 pofe it may be fo in all Hot Coun- 

 tries, where they are of Angular 

 Service in deftroying great Numbers 

 of Flies, and other troublefome In- 

 feds, which without Enemies of this 

 Nature would increafe beyond Mea- 

 fure. As to its Shape, and other Cir- 

 cumftances of that Nature, which 

 is not unlike that of the Newt in 

 our own Country, 'tis fo well known, 

 that I need not infift upon it, any 

 farther than to obferve, that it is 

 covered all over with Scales, which 

 are an agreeable Object in the Mi- 

 erofcope. It is oviparous, and de- 

 pofits its Eggs in old Walls, whither 

 they themlelves retire in the Win- 

 ter Months, leaving them to be 

 hatched by the Heat of the Air, 

 which alone is fufficient. The Cir- 

 cum dance of their having fometimes 

 two Tails has been taken Notice of 



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