34 BARBOUR — CHINESE ALLIGATOR FvKli?" 



"An old man told Mr. Ho, long ago, that many years before 

 alligators had existed by hundreds in an inlet from the sea, near 

 Kwangzefu in Kwangtung. The alligators suddenly appearing 

 in hordes they were called upon by the local mandarin in full 

 official ceremonial robes. He asked for their passports and 

 whether they understood him, adding that if they did not leave 

 he would call upon his garrison to shoot at them the next day. 

 All had departed by the following dawn." 



The largest specimen secured is about five feet in length. 



