Show ATE ITS TAIL the trick of one of the amerlia Amerl ca Chi maeon A traveler from central america recently told rather an amusing story down in my country he said one of the first things you get acquainted with is a small bright green lizard they are quite tame harmless and very lively when caught by the tail they have a peculiar fashion of slipping away leaving that appendage behind them one afternoon I 1 was sitting on my loor doorstep step wt one of these little s darting about for flies I 1 cc quite bold and in one of it puck jumped on my foot roar i grab and caught it by she tail with a wriggle it was off that portion of its body still in my hand A 1 had ao particular use for it I 1 throw it on the ground in a few minutes I 1 noticed that a lot of ants had discovered the piece of tail and were dragging it oil as fast as they could to their hole close by when they had arrived almost to their destination I 1 noticed the lizard a few inches away intently watching the ants and hit tr property |