IN FEATHERS AND FUR 59 
Iguanas are hunted with dogs, and in some places, when 
caught, their mouths are sewed up to prevent their biting, and 
they are brought to market alive. This is horrible, but I am afraid 
true. The Singhalese use its feet to cure skin diseases, and its 
tongue taken from a living Iguana and swallowed whole, is said to 
be a certain cure for consumption ! I think the remedy is worse 
than the disease. 
