Lizard
the popular English name of numerous reptiles forming the order two pairs of limbs and an elongated body terminating in a tail. The lizards number more than a thousand species, accommodating themselves to all conditions except cold, and increasing in size and number in tropical regions. In some tions except cold, and increasing in size and number in tropical regions. In some others it is divided, while in most cases the tongue is thick and fleshy and in others it is divided, while in most cases LIZARD table feeders, but for the most part they are carnivorous and live upon small birds, insects, etc. The eggs are de posited and left to be hatched without care from the parents. Of the three species found in Great Britain the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) is the B A LIZARDS A. Draco volans (Malayan) B. Lacerta Viridis (European) most widely distributed; the sand lizard (Lacer- (Lacerta agilis) is confined to portions of England, and the green lizard (La ta viridis) is found on the island of hate i he pre are the Scincidx, or skinks; the Gecko- Guernsey. The chief families of lizards leons. Poison glands are wanting in the lizards; the only exception being the Heloderma of Arizona and Mexico, which is capable of inflicting a poisonous bite by means of poison glands connected with grooved teeth. an even-toed tat, the S. parts of Peru. It is larger than the guanaco, usually white, sometimes spotted with brown or black and sometimes entirely black. In size it is times spotted with brown or black and sometimes entirely black. In size it is smaller, and in general form lighter than the camels, standing about three feet at distinct pad; hairy covering long and row, toes widely separated, each with a distinct pad; hairy covering long and woolly. The earliest account of this animal is that of DeZarate, treasurergeneral of Peru, in 1544. The llama is Remains of llamas have been found in is still used as a beast of burden.
Remains of llamas have been found in Mountains and in Central America.
Mountains and in Central America. between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean; area nearly 8,000 square miles; is extremely fertile, yielding abundant harvests to its inhabitants, who are mostly Germans; capital, Puerto Montt. Pop. (1917) 148,214.
American writer on economics, brother LLOYD, HENRY DEMAREST, an American writer on economics, brother of David; born in New York, May 1, 1847. He received his education at Columbia College, and shortly after graduating joined the editorial staff of the Chicago "Tribune." He resided in Winnetka, Ill. His chief work is the notable book "Wealth Against Commonwealth." He has also written "A Strike of Millionaires against Miners, or the Story of Spring Valley," "A Country Without Strikes," etc. He died in 1903.