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NATURAL HISTORY. 
THE CHAMELEON. 
47. This reptile is seldom above fourteen inches 
in length. It is found in all the warm countries of 
both continents, in India, and the India islands, in 
Mexico, in Africa, and in some of the warmer parts 
of Spain and Portugal. 
48. The whole skin of the Chameleon is strewed 
over with little knobs, like shagreen; these are ex- 
tremely smooth, and more remarkable on the head. 
49. The mouth is wide ; and the tongue is of an 
extraordinary form, being very long, round, and hol- 
low at the end, somewhat like an elephant’s trunk. 
With this instrument it seizes insects, on which it 
subsists, with wonderful quickness. 
•50. The Chameleon is extremely ugly in its ap- 
pearance, having neither agreeable proportions, nor 
beauty of form, nor elegant movements, to please the 
eye of the observer, so that no one can attempt to 
catch, or even to touch it without disgust. 
51. The Chameleon has ever been noted for its 
changes of colour. When at rest and in the shade 
How large is the Chameleon 1 Where is it found ? Describe 
its appearance. What is related of its changes of colour ? 
