Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . roundings are very rapid. The bright tints theyexhibit in sunshine and on leaves become dull dark brownin the shade or on dark-coloured resting places. Some-times they lose all colour, for Dr. Sibree one day saw,on the path near the woods, a chameleon in the coils ofa small snake which had wound itself three timesround the body, and the curious fact was that thechameleon was perfectly white. He unwound the snakeand the chameleon soon resumed its ordinary colouring. 202 MADAGASCAR : NATURES MUSEUM One species has a nose dilated and toothed on eac
Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel . roundings are very rapid. The bright tints theyexhibit in sunshine and on leaves become dull dark brownin the shade or on dark-coloured resting places. Some-times they lose all colour, for Dr. Sibree one day saw,on the path near the woods, a chameleon in the coils ofa small snake which had wound itself three timesround the body, and the curious fact was that thechameleon was perfectly white. He unwound the snakeand the chameleon soon resumed its ordinary colouring. 202 MADAGASCAR : NATURES MUSEUM One species has a nose dilated and toothed on eachside; another has the top of the head conically pro-duced ; while four species have two flat diverging nasalprominences covered with large horny plates ; and inyet another species the single long conical appendage tothe nose is flexible. The largest Madagascar chameleonknown is about a foot long, and is called ramilaheloka,which may be translated as naughty old boy,probably from its uncanny appearance and earthycolour. CHAJut/ELEON EOt^OJCAUDA. \ CHAMCUEON WLLSIX. In walking through the woods one constantly comesacross traces of the wild boar, or more properly, theriver-hog, although the animal itself is rarely seen. Itis a somewhat ugly creature, with high withers, longback, and little hair. It has an enormous tubercle,supported by a bony protuberance in the jaw, whichrenders the face of the animal extremely does much damage to the plantations, but providesexcellent sport not unattended by danger, for it isarmed with long and powerful tusks. MADAGASCAR : NATURES MUSEUM 203 The traveller will perhaps encounter a sickly sweetsmell which arises from the honey stored in a neigh-bouring hollow tree by wild bees. The honey is excellent,and is collected and sold by the woodmen. It differsvery little from the domesticated bee with whichwe are familiar. Its greatest enemies are the deaths-head moth, rats and mice, and a certain kind of wasp. The human inhabitants of th
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