60 THE VIVARIUM. 
In some countries Crocodiles are eaten. Certain of the caste- 
less natives of India will even devour with eagerness the flesh 
while raw. This strange food, when cooked, has been said to 
taste like veal and like tough lobster. The late Mr. Frank 
Buckland, in his ‘‘ Curiosities of Natural History,’ speaks of his. 
father and a friend tasting a piece of roast Crocodile, and describes, 
in an amusing manner, how the old servant William, who lived 
at the Anatomy School, Christchurch, Oxford, imitating their 
example, ate not only a small portion of the Reptile, but made a 
hearty supper of Crocodile steak, and consequently roused his 
household in the middle of the night by crying out in pain, ‘‘Oh! 
that Crocodile ! that Crocodile !”’ 
The following is a classification of the order Crocodilia ; 
FAMILY. GENUS. 
UGECUIIES. Dice inva cee eeaerc nin eee Crocodilus 
Garialis 
on teas 
arleé lid; hd A CHO OCT OA DRAG OCC RAN ROME IC/ EAST Retrial hc if . 
Garialide | Tomistoma 
: Alligator 
CT OLOULCES «5 ssadvaeves adhincescoieaee catalan a eel 
S : Caiman orJacare 
The chief differences between Crocodiles and Alligators are : 
The head of a Crocodile is longer and narrower than that of an 
Alligator. The teeth of the latter are much more unequal in 
length than are those of the former. When an Alligator’s 
mouth is closed the canine teeth enter cavities in the upper jaws, 
and thus are nearly, if not quite, hidden from view; while those 
of the Crocodile are more or less exposed, under the same condi- 
tion, as they are only received into a notch or groove. An 
Alligator’s legs are comparatively round and smooth, while a 
Crocodile’s are rough and ragged; and the feet of the latter are 
more webbed than those of the former. Crocodiles are sometimes 
seen in the sea, but Alligators, I believe, never. Crocodiles are 
natives of both the New and the Old World; but Alligators, 
with an exception or two, are confined to America. An Alligator, 
however, has somewhat recently been discovered in Central China. 
The Garial, which has a much larger and slimmer head than 
a Crocodile, is chiefly found in the Ganges. 
The Tomistome, an inhabitant of Borneo and the surrounding 
islands, has even a more pointed face than the Garial, and there 
