The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-03


h Y that way for some time, almost until
morning, when sac got into a high fever.
got alarmed andt0ld the gipsy thought
il bad gone far enough that Jim was too
weak 20 s-and ia She told me could do
as fke0. but il l would leave him two
Fhprs longef l wcald see whether she or
The doctors were right. Shelii,cwise told
me that IL loosed he would XII himself
drinking at the first water we met 1 tried
her. In about an hour after she asked rne
10 drag him tothe spring, a few rods away
from the camp We got him beside it,
She laid his head viii his lips almost
touching she wafer she took up birch
panilin. and oonmenced lining up water
aud letting il fall Just belorahis lips. He
was all this time q liet as If he WAS dead 1
sometimes only be gave a slight shiver,
his mouth wideopen sDd his eyelids open
Cd and shut The white OF his eve only
was seen. After about ten minutes, she
said 10 me, "No0 whose nght But keep
quiet I leaned over and saw large
green lfzard peeping out OF his mouth IL
did not seem as II II wanted 90 come out,
but drew itself in again 'sIt viii come
cut again said the gipsy. p
While she was speaking two lizards
glided out OF his mouth into the waier;
the gypsy quietly killed one with a small
stick. aud the other. We waited again
for five minutes when three came out but
not together; these We killel although
ono almost escaped from the water TO his
mouth ere it was completely dispatched.
We then waited nearly an hour longe
but no more made thear appearance The
a. al. 4
proceeded 20 pour water on Jim's forehead.
She did so twenty minutes; she then, gave
him about spoonful of water 10 drink;
il actually hissed in his mouth. She kept
him confined that day and half the next
before she let him free, gradually incress-
ing his allowance Of water. Such is the
story told bv Mr. Charles unlock, and
although | am net personally acquainted
with the gentleinsn, / am informed that
he is ono ST The last men in the country
to tell awillrnlnniruth. One fact, howev-
er, is clear-his brother has completely
recovered bis health, and not only his
health bat hls flesh. aud now weighs 60
pounds, his former weight being only 73
pounds. The lizards are of bottle-grcen
color about five inches long, red eyes aud
forked tongues. There is popularity
about them different from the ordinard
lizard tribe, there being only two feet and
sloping from thence IN wedge into a
tail. Two OF them have been preServey
in epiries and forwarded to Prof. Agassiz,
of Harvard University. One is preserved
in spirits and is kept il Mr. FergusCns
office. and the other tVo were forwarded
70 Prof Jack, who has written 10 legal
a. l.. a. u.
only specimens he has ever met with. with
the exception ofoHe found in the Museum
&c the University of Munich that iscalled
the Lacerta hon in the language of the
schools, and the Munich specimen was
supposed 20 be tie only one extant'
although tits well known 70 the ancient.
The description given by Pythagoras,
says be, Il have read with your specimen
before noe, and 1 have yet failed 10 dis.
cover ia any respect the slightest differ
ence ia their formation or color. He
thinks that Mr.. Mulock must have received
them in an embryotic state By some IL
those my ysterious secrets that are found ia
every path of science A species, be says
corresponding t. i, Is unknown 10 1--we ON
land, and all naturali~ts have agreed that
il requires the local action ol the human
stomach To- produce.
This Is, he says the only explanation
that can bc offered that isnot unphilosoph-
ical his parallel - clear and striking
He says, "the pine forest Is cut down, IL
own species seldom appears upon the same
soil, but birch, poplar, md small shrub
berry succeed these aean in their turn be-
ing destroyed are succeeded hy the yhor-
tie, bramblc and raspberry and argues
that certain local cause found in unison
with n certain developed germ is necessa-
ry to produce such an effect that in this
way only the lizard was produced, con-
trary 10 the opinion OF various ancient
writer's and common vulgar belief, that
they are received snto the systcla by
drinkinf water or some other natural
cause OF that description. He has like
wise scut 10 the same gentleman a series
of questions 10 PROFOUND 10 the Gipsy
where the other cases occurred were they
similar in formation 10 those, etc, etc. he
having been put in possession of all the
facts " hen the specimens were sent hIm.
Mr.. Ferguson, We believe, intends 10 pre-
sent his specimen 10 the st. John Naiu-
raj History Society IL viii probably bc
forwarded TO the Curator by the first care
ful person going 10 your city, when yo,.
and others viii nave an opportunity oi
seeing the reptile ] have sent p copy Of
this letter 10 the Gteoues- for insertion.
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