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lofe their fifhing ; calling their nets to little purpofe, 
which being carried away by the current, do not fall 
where they intend for finding the coral. 
XCV. An Account of Lacerta (Crocodiius) 
ventre marfupio donato, faucibus Mer- 
ganferis roftrum asmulantibus. By Mr. 
George Edwards, Librarian to the Col- 
lege of Phyficians. 
.Read^May 6, / ■ 'HREE of thefe Crocodiles were 
! 7S • f en t over f tom Bengal about ten 
years ago to the late Dr. Mead, phyfician in ordi- 
nary to the King ; two of which he preferved in his 
own collection, and prefented the third to the late 
curious Mrs. Kennon ; and fince the deceafe of thefe 
eminently worthy perfons, they are all become the 
property of Mr. James Leman, of London, who 
has obliged me with the ufe of one of them to pro- 
duce, together with this account, to the infpeCtion 
of the Royal Society ; which is the fubjeCt here laid 
before you - y and of which I prefent the Society with 
a figure, juft of thefize and form it appeared in, when 
taken out of the fpirits (Tab. xxix.). I fuppofe this not 
to have been many days excluded from it egg, when 
taken. My reafon for this conjecture is, becaufe the 
nails or claws on the outer toes do not yet appear ; 
which, I fuppofe, may be inconvenient, or at leaft 
ufelefs, while it is incloied in the egg ; which, by its 
druggies, might tear its membranous covering before 
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