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 430 8URVEY OF TH INTIaTROPICAL so. petch of the lower lands that had oneaped the o confiagmtiona, which at this period am extending their royages far and wide. Several well,worn water eourms, long ainee dry, w croed in the rout, and, having the deaeent to the wt- ward, nhew at wht point their water, during the rainy aon, make their exit. "No quadrupeds were aeen upon this ,sz- eumion, and only the usual indications of ium- garooa: a few birds were o.baerved on tl wing, chiefly, however, of the pigeon kind," We saw no kangaroos or opossums of any kind during our visit; but, if we may judge from the number of nake at o advanced a period of the dry zon, when they are generally in a dor- mant state, reptiles are very numerous. Mr. Cun- ningham found a very curious species of lizard, remarkable for having a thin, membranaceo appendage attached to the back of its head and round the neck, and falling over its shoulder in folds as low as the fore arm. It wa ent by Mr. Cunningham to the College of Surgeons, where it is now preserved. Small lizards, centi- pedes, and scorpioos, were numerous about-our encampment; and the tree and bushes about the tents were infested by myriads of hornet al other inects, perticulady moluitoen and

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