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A DESCRIPTION OF 
THE CHAMELEON. (Cftamaileo vulgaris.) 
A lizard's body, lean and long, 
A fish's head, a serpent's tongue ; 
Its foot with triple claw disjoin'd; 
And what a length of tail behind ! 
How slow its pace ! and then its hue ! 
MERRICK. 
THE Cbameleon is a small animal, about ten inches long, 
and its tail nearly the same length. Its body is shagreened 
with small compressed scaly granules ; its back is edged ; 
and its tail round, long, and tapering. Its feet have each 
five toes, which are situated three one way and two ano- 
ther, in order to enable it to lay firm hold of the 
branches ; but wherever it happens that these are too 
