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 536 ANOKA Greeks and Romans as a mark of hospitality to guests, and modern travellers in the East still find it a custom for visitors to be sprinkled with rose water, or to have their head, face, and beard anointed with olive oil. AiSOK A, an E. county of Minnesota, bounded S. W. by the Mississippi river, and intersected by Rum river, one of its branches ; area, 420 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,940. The productions in 1870 were 27,390 bushels of wheat, 17,715 of oats, 36,838 of corn, 15,872 of potatoes, and 5,246 Ibs. of wool, and 11,200,000 feet of lum- ber was sawed. Capital, Anoka, at the mouth of Rum river, 22 m. N. N. W. of St. Paul. ANOLIS (anolius), a reptile of the saurian family, peculiar to America, belonging to that section of the iguanas which Cuvier distinguish- es as having teeth on the palate of the mouth as well as on the interior jaw bones. Its body, legs, and tail are long and tapering. The fore legs are longest, having five toes furnished with sharp, hooked claws, with a sort of pad ap- (Anollus velift'r). Green Carolina Anolis Red-throated Anolls (Anolius prlnclpalis). (Anolius bullaris). pended to the under side of the last joint, which increases the power of their hold on any sub- stance over which they may chance to be walk- ing. There is a large extent of loose skin extending from the chin to the belly, which when not distended forms a longitudinal fold under the whole lower surface of the animal. The anolis has a singular serrated or saw-edged crest along the spine and upper side of the tail, and the whole animal is covered with small, round scales, which give it a granulated ap- pearance resembling the finest shagreen. The anolis seems in many respects to supply in the new world the place occupied by the chameleon in the old. Its colors change with the came or even greater rapidity, especially on the loose skin of the throat, which is constantly distended when the animal is actuated by strong passions, and in this state it assumes an endless ANQUETIL-DUPERRON succession of ever-varying hues. It frequents woods, coppices, and rocky places ; climbs and leaps so swiftly and rapidly that its movements can hardly be traced; and, when overheated or fatigued, pants like a tired dog. It is a gentle, inoffensive creature, feeding on insects and flies, and is easily alarmed. There are six species, two of which belong to the United States, and the others to the Antilles and to South America. 1. A. velifer is of a beautiful ashy blue color, and is the largest of the family. Its body is about a foot long, and the tail a foot and a half. The crest extends along the top of the tail for half its length from the ori- gin, and is supported by from 12 to 15 rays. It is a native of the West Indies. 2. A. lima- culatus is little more than half the size of the former species, is of a greenish blue color, clear on the head and upper parts, but variegated with brown on the body, tail, and extremities. It is found from Pennsylvania to the shores of the gulf of Mexico and in the Antilles. 3. A. equestris has scarcely any crest, and is nearly the size of A. velifer. 4. A. bullaris is not above half the size of A. equestris, with a reddish green throat, and very pretty. It is green in color, has a short muzzle spotted with brown, and, except in the absence of the crest or tail, is very similar to A. limacula- tus. It belongs to the Antilles. 5. A. line- atus is of a pure, bright green color, rather larger than the last species, and is marked along each flank with two parallel lines of oblong black spots ; it is a native of different parts of South America. 6. A. principal-is is a native of South Carolina, and is known as the green lizard. It is a beautiful greenish gold- colored reptile, particularly distinguished by a black band on the temples, and the elongated and flattened form of its muzzle. ANQIETIL, Lonls Pierre, a French historian, brother of Anquetil-Duperron, born in Paris, Feb. 21, 1728, died Sept. 6, 1808. He was an ecclesiastic, and published a history of Rheims (1756), a history of France (14 vols. 12mo, 1 805), historical monographs on the times of Henry IV., Louis XIII., and Louis XIV., and a Precis de Vhistoire universelle (9 vols. 12mo, 1797; 12 vols., 1801 and 1807), part of which was composed in prison during the reign of ter- ror. His Motifs des guerres et des traites de paix de la France (1798) is praised for its evi- dences of profound knowledge of diplomacy and its sound judgment. ANQUETIL-DUPERRON, Abraham Hradnthe, a French oriental scholar, born in Paris, Dec. 7, 1731, died there, Jan. 17, 1805. He was edu- cated for the church, but preferred to devote himself to oriental literature. In his enthusi- asm for this pursuit he enrolled himself as a common soldier in the expedition to the French colonies in the East Indies, in 1755, chiefly for the purpose of discovering the ancient books of the Parsees. He visited Chandernagore, Surat, the coast of Coromandel, and was just about proceeding to Benares when the capture