Note 423 — THE TRAVELS OF BERTRANDON DE LA BROCQUIÈRE.
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From this vague description, it should seem that the animal spoken of was the great lizard, called monitor, because it is pretended that it gives information of the approach of a crocodile. The monitor is common in the Euphrates, where it is sometimes seen four or five feet in length. The terror of the Arabs was groundless. [423]