Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 258
im. .\ peculiaritvof the chameleon is the power of moving theeyes independently of each other, so that, withone looking ahead, the other may be observingsomething over the shoulder. On this accountthe new pet was called Swivel-eye. Up the Shat-el-.-\rab River, lying oft Bus-sorah, whence Sindbad… … ifff;/;v fETS. eyes were large and brown and lustrous; hislittle horns and hoofs were as black and shin-ing as ebony; his fawn-colored skin was likesilk; his movements wore the embodiment ofgrace. No one had liie heart to contemplatekilling such a beautiful creature; so when somemen came aft to beg…
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