with the gular pouch, which it has the power of 
extending or inflating to a great degree, gives a for¬ 
midable appearance to an animal otherwife harm- 
Icfs. It inhabits rocky and woody places, and feeds 
on infers and vegetables. It is reckoned an ex¬ 
tremely nourifliing and delicate food, but is obferved 
to difagrce with fome conflitutions. The common 
manner of catching it is by calling a noofe over its 
head, and thus drawing it from its lituatioii; for it 
feldom makes an effort to efcape, but hands look¬ 
ing intently at its difcoverer, inflating its throat at 
the fame time in an extraordinary manner. Guanas 
are fometimcs faltcd and barrelled up for ufe in Ja¬ 
maica and other Weft-Indian iflands in conliderable 
quantities. This fpecies of Lacerta has been de- 
fcribcd and figured by feveral authors; but the moll 
exprcflive figures are thofe given by Seba in his 
Thefaurus rcrum naturalium. 
