ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES. 



ALLIGATORS. 



Tin-: largest alligator I have ever seen in Florida was killed near 

 Enterprise, on the St. John River, and measured fourteen feet within 

 a fraction of an inch. I haxe killed several alligators over twelve 

 feet m length, and one which measured thirteen feet two inches, 









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which I shot on the St. John Ri^•er near the mouth of the \Viki^•a 

 Creek. Large alligators have of late years become rather scarce' 

 although nearly every year I kill one or more which ^^'ill exceed 

 eleven feet. 



