The Crocodilians 



and, as that member fell, like the weighted end of a see-saw, 

 the body shot upward; this movement was assisted by an up- 

 ward leap, bringing the animal fully five feet out of the water 

 and with good certainty of aim at the object it was after. They 

 were given fowls, large fish and raw beef, at intervals of about 

 three days apart. On this food they flourished and grew at 

 about the same rate as the alligators. 



The specimen from which the measurements were taken 

 deposited thirty eggs. These were three and one-half inches 

 long and two inches in diameter. The shell was hard and con- 

 siderably thicker than that of a duck's egg. 



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