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 section false xt7qjq0stw34_678 xt7qjq0stw34 Henger,
Dolgelley,

N.Wales.

 

  

 Hengwrt, Dolgelley, N. Wales

5rd Jun.

Dear Sir — or madam

I am much interested to read in Nature Notes
yOur reply to my query about Lizards in Ireland. It is most
satisfactory to me, the more so that I date from halahide.
Those sand banks opposite you, where you say green lizards
have been seen by yourself, were a favourite haunt of mine,
scrambling among them or galloping along the sands - fifty or
sixty years ago. They belonged to my father, Charles Cobbe
of Newbridge, who died in 1857; and it was in our park (across
the slope) that I found the large brown lizard of which I
Spoke to Darwin. He was not at all making a jesting reference
to St. Patrick, but very gravely asserting that there were

.no such lizards either in Ireland or in this part of Europe,

 

& that the apnearance of one was little short of miraculous
& would have to be accounted for by some singular incident
of transport or escape. "e knew me very well a believed me
implicitly but did not think other naturalists who did not,
personally know me wd be inclined to do so! What a lesson
of the fallibility of the greatest a most honored men of
science:

Pray excuse this long letter & accept my thanks for
your kindness in replying to my question

Sincerely yrs

Frances Power Cobbe

It is very odd that I never saw or heard of any other

lizard in the country beside that brown one.