CONTRIBUTIONS 



TO THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



ALLIGATOE, 



(CROCODILUS MISSISSIPPIENSIS.) 



WITH A 



MICROSCOPIC ADDENDUM. 



BY BENNET DOWLEK, M. D. 



Ambiguous between sea and land, 



The scalv Crocodile. — Milton. 



Reprinted from the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Novbr., 1846.] 



NEW ORLEANS: 



B. M. NORMAN, PUBLISHER, 



JOSEPH COHN, PRINTER, 31 POYDRAS STREET, 



1846. 



