608 ANGUINE SIREN. 



tarn bene caderet, nec a scopo veritatis plane aber- 

 raret." — Schneid. Amph. Jasc, l.j^. 41. 



It remains to be added, that the Siren, if thrown 

 on the ground with any degree of violence, has 

 been observed to break in two or three places ; in 

 this particular resembling the Anguis fragilis or 

 Slow- Worm. It is also proper to observe, that 

 no Lizard of which it may be supposed the Larva, 

 has ever yet been discovered in those parts of Ca- 

 rolina where it is most frequent. The species to 

 which it seems most allied is the Lacerta Teguixin 

 of Linnceus, which is a native of South America. 



ANGUINE SIREN. 



Siren Anguina. S. quadrupes, corpore anguillceformif branchiis 

 ramosis. 



Four-footed Siren with eel-shaped body, and ramified branchiae. 

 Proteus anguinus. Laurenti Spec. Med. p. 37. ^. 4,/. 3. 

 Austrian Siren. 



This singular animal is found in as singular a 

 situation ; being an inhabitant of the celebrated 

 and romantic Lake called Lake Zirknitz ^, about 

 six German miles from Labac, in the Dutchy of 

 Carniola in Austria. From this lake, which is 

 somewhat more than a German mile in length, 

 and half as much in breadth, the water regularly 

 retires during the summer, by numerous subter- 



* Lugea Palus of the ancients. 



