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ed toward home. On the wav, thev entertained 

 each other with all they had read or heard about 

 aUigators and crocodiles, big and little, from the 

 shooting of gavials in the neck to the Indian method 

 of catching alligators with a stick sharpened at both 

 ends, which was thrust down the 'gator's throat 

 when he opened his mouth. 



"Wouldn't it be great," William exclaimed, *'to 

 go off to India or Africa and hunt big game, like Dr. 

 Hornaday or Mr. Roosevelt!" 



