144 
THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
or cause the return of. At Paramaraibo, it is sold extremely dear, and highly 
thought of by epicures. Pison, and many others of the old travellers in Amer¬ 
ica, have spoken in high terms of the virtues of the bezoar of the iguana , a 
kind of stone, found, say they, in the stomach or cranium of this reptile. But, 
at the present day, this substance is fallen into the most absolute disrepute 
among all medical practitioners. 
NILE MONITOR. 
The Slate-colored Iguana is but three feet in length. It inhabits the same 
places as the former species, and may be merely a variety of it, m age or sex. 
Seba derives it from the island of Formosa. 
The Horned Iguana of St. Domingo is about four feet long. It is fre¬ 
quently found in the hills of St. Domingo, between Artibonite and Gonaives. 
It lives on fruits, insects and small birds, which it seizes with marvellous agility, 
and during the day it couches on trees and rocks to watch for its prey. During 
