THE FLO 1:1 DA CROCODILE 



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not sit upright in our boats. We caught 

 a number of crocodiles from seven to 

 ten feet in length which we r(»uii(l- 

 skinned for mounting by the- institu- 

 tions to which I gave them. On Api-il 

 11, 1889, I struck four, of which two 

 escaped, and of one of tlie otliers I took 

 what is believed lo ho the first photo- 



lad crocodile eggs 



graph ever taken of a living Florida 

 crocodile. ]\ly journal records that on 

 the following diiy wi 

 and steak for breakfast. 



The chief cxcileineiit of the cruise 

 came a few days later when we encoun- 

 tered the largest crocodile I have ever 

 soon. The story of this adventure has 



The alligator. Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin), has a broad roundrd muzzle wliich at once 

 distinguishes it from the crocodile with its narrow pointed head. The alligator of the Western 

 Hemisphere (there is a single species in China also) inhabits the rivers and swamps of northern 

 South Carolina, of Georgia and Florida, and westward through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Rio 

 Grande in Texas. The teeth in the upper jaw overlap more or less those below; the large tooth fourth 

 from the front on the lower jaw fits into a deep pit in tlie jaw above 



