"'A stranger animal,' cries one, 'Sure never liv'd beneath the sun; A lizard's body lean and long, A fish's head, a serpent's tongue, Its foot, with triple claw disjoined; And what a length of tail behind!'" James Merrick, "The Chameleon," 11.21-26. The first act of the Delaware, on rejoining his friend, was to proceed gravely to disencumber...Learn More