VvATE'R LIZARD. 
This, alone, it may be remarked, is not 
the best reason possible, though given by our 
old friend Edwards, why the animal must ne- 
cessarily be a native of Engbnd. We do not, 
however, doubt the fact ; we object only to 
the reasoning. 
" The -upper part," Edwards says, " is 
brawn ; the lower, more of a copper colour, 
sported with dusky spots all over the body and 
limbs. The fore feet have each of them four 
toes, and the hinder feet have each five ; 
which is quite contrary to the Crocodile — 
Hvhich is also a Water Lizard — who has five 
•'toes on each foot forwards, and only four on 
feach of it's hinder feet. It has a single fin, 
extending from the head, along the back, to 
the tip of the tail'; and another, reaching from 
the vent, to the tip of the tail, on the under 
side." 
Dr. Goldsmith, treating of the Lizards in 
general, asserts that " they are all amphibious ; 
or, at least, are found capable of subsisting in 
either element, when placed there. If," pro- 
ceeds the Doctor, " those taken on land are 
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