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glands belong to the same class of organs as the face 

 glands of antelopes and deer. The musk bags of croco- 

 diles are much prized by natives : some of them eat the 

 flesh of these reptiles, but it is distasteful to Europeans. 

 Those who have partaken of crocodile flesh complain of 



The Crocodile. 

 This brute is lord of African lakes and rivers. 



its musky taste. The odour of crocodiles is especially 

 obnoxious to me : during the years I made post mortem 

 examinations of animals dying in the Gardens of the 

 Zoological Society, London, the scent exhaled from 

 crocodiles during dissection made me ill for several 

 hours. It still exercises this unpleasant effect on me. 





