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Show Chameleons In Hospitals. Sir Frederick Smith would not have-spoken have-spoken of the "fabled" versatility of the chameleon (as he did In the Field inquiry) if he had lain on his back la a military hospital in Alexandria, writes an E. F. A. sergeant. Watcilnf the actunl variations of tint assumed by that strange animal nnd Its projection projec-tion of its long tongue is one of the-diversions the-diversions of hospital life in EOT"-It EOT"-It Is welcome In the wards because of Its Insatiable appetite for flies. - The hues It assumes In accordance-with accordance-with the lnw of protective mimicry ere not often as vivid as the cole simulated, but the lizard makes a gn Bppronch to most of tlie primaries. is only beaten when the H!pH' puts it on, sav, the Cameron (or J beef) tartan. After a little rcflocMD It takes on a more or less neutral enio , with n bins to wurmili. London Chronicle. |