THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE XXIX 



THE HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR 



An inlet <>f the Savannah River, Hampton County, South Carolina 



The nest consists of a moun'l 



I GGS <>F THK AI.I.Ii; \I"U 



dead leave- ami twin-. It i- al>ut eight fret in iliameter and two or three feet high. The eggs are well 

 burieil. ilusely |>aike<l, and runge from three to five dn/en 



