AMPHIBIA, 2 i 9 
four days, from the 8 th of March to the i ft of 
April, without affording it an opportunity of 
r aking any food, yet was it nimble and lively during 
rhe whole time, climbing up and down in its cage! 
fond of being near the light, and conftantly rolling 
lts eyes, which are indeed admirable : I could how- 
rer, at laft, plainly perceive that it waxed lean, 
fuffered for hunger. It could no longer hold 
uil by the grating of the cage, but fell thro’ weak- 
rrefs, when a Turtle, which was kept in the fame 
room, bit it, and haftened its death. I have feen 
rhe Chamaeleon of Egypt, but it is lefs than the 
Afiatic, and is not often met with. 
55 . Lacerta Stellio c . The Lizard Stcllio. 
This creature frequents the ruinous walls of Na- 
rolia, Syria, and Palmftine. The Arabs call it 
Hardun. The Turks kill it; for they imagine, 
that by declining the head, it mimicks them when 
they fay their prayers. 
56. Lacerta (iEgyptia) cauda verticillata fquamis 
denticulatis, pedibus penta-da<ffyhs. dhe Egyptian 
Lizard. Lacerta Cordylus d ? 
r. Th is is found in the mountains and plains of 
^gypt. r 
5 7* Lacerta Gecko'. The Lizard Gecko. 
ho-V IIS 1S yei L fre ff u ent at Cairo, both in the 
1 oies and without them. The poifon of this ani- 
S f li ' Nat. P. 202 . N. 10. dp. 20i 9 . , p _ zo?> 
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