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Show :;!.00 a yellowiAh brown colour; tlac rin•l smooth, antl Hs-cou sistt·urr is lnu·dcJ• than that or the pumpldn; but easily cut with a l\:nit'c: there at·c somr dad~ ln·own fibres, ra. ther· hard(•t· than any of hN· pa1·t, which Jlass lon~itudiualJy Ou·ough the pulp or fleshy substance which forms the interior of this marine production. rrho rcptilrs of this country arc the l'attlcsnakc, the gartcrsnal\.c, lizard, anti snail. rl'}H~ g~\J'lCI'SilUkC appears (O belong to the same family lvith the common gal'te•·smtkes ol' the 1\ Onntic coast, and like tha.t snakt' tlu.·y inherit no JWisonons •}ualit.ies: they hayc ouc hundl'rd ami sixty scuta on the abdomen, a11tl scvcnt) on the tail: those on tho abdomen neat· the head and jaws as high as the (.1ye, al'c of a t..Iuish white, wld<·h, as it recedes ft•om (he head, lJCCOIHeS of' a dark 01'0\VO: the field oF the ba~k nnd siclrs black a nal'row stl'jpc of a light ycllo'' runs alou~ the eeut•·e of the back; on each side ol' this stri]J tht'I'C is a raugc of !;mall tJ·ansvc t•se, oh)oug S}lOts , of a pale bl'icl" red. dimini!:ihiu;; as they recede fi·om the brad, aml disappt·m· at the commt•nct'mcnt of the tail: the pH}lil ofthc eye is black, with a mu·•·ow ring of white bordrring on it edge; the rcmaimltr or tlu.~ il'is is of a dat·k yellowish lJrown. 1'ho horned lizard, c'alled, a.ncl for what reason we rJCYCI' oouM learn, the prai1·ic buffaJoc, is a uatiYC ol' ~hcs c plains, as we 1l as those on the ~lissom·i: Uwy at•c or t.he same size, and mu<•h the same in nppcarance as the black Jj~:u·d: thr belly is howcvet• broader, the tail sl10rtcr, and t.hc aetion much slower: the colour is gencr·ally h•·own intermixed with yellowish bt·own spots: the animal is covered with minut~.; scales, inteJ'sperscd with small horny points, like blunt prickcs on the upper sut·facc of the body: the belly and tbt•oal t•cscmhle those of the fr·og, and are of a li: .. ht yellowish brown: the <·dgc of tliC b('lly is likewise beset with small horny 1wo,jections, imparting to those edges a scl'ratc ap· peat·luce; tho ••ye is small • nd dad~: above and IJebitul the eyes there arc several p1·~jections of that. bone, and their ex· (J i> Ute JJliSS01l1'1 . tt·<·n i t1cs also being armr cl with a fit ·m blar.k suJ,stance, i' •sr.mblc the appcal'lllleC of hOt'llS S}H'Oilting f'1·on~ 1 he head; t hese animals a1·c fountl in !-;l't•a((·st nmnlH~t· s in n10 sandy open plains, aml appear in the !-!;t·catcst ahunda nec after <L showc•· or •·aiu: they a1·e som ·times f1mntl bask in:-; iu the sunshine, hut couccal thcmsclv('s in little laoles of the rarth in mu<•h t)w g•·eah· st pt·op<wtion ()r the timt•: this may a ccount f'ot· Oaeit· :t}l{W:ll·ance in su('h IIHJHhet·'i al't r t• the a·a in, as tlal'it· hol<'s may tints lw l'<'ndt·a·t d tlllieuanl alii ·. 9. The anclwv_y, whi(•h I he uat.i\·cs eall olth ·n, is so d e~ licatc n. fish tlaat it snou IJecomes (a intcd, uult~s s pieklcd 01' smol·ed: the nat ivt•s t•un a sma ll st id" tht·ough the ~_;ill s anc.l hang it up to dt·y in the smoke or th eit• lodgf's, or kindle !ill1all .fi1•es under it ftH' the {llli'JlO SC: of' dJ') ing: it need!; 110 p1·evious pl'cparation of g uUing . ami will be Clii'Cd in twcnt.rfoul' hours: the nat iYcs do not appo:u· to he Ye t·.v sm·upulou4; ahout eating them when a JiUle l'<ef id. \ OL. fl . D d |