Recreations in Natural History
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Physiology, Light |
Describes a salamander, domesticated by the Bachuela Indians, which emits light from round spots, and, unlike most lizards, can prove the 'allegation of the philosopher that the Salamander could resist the action of the fire'. | |
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