192 THE HIVE OF THE BEE-HUNTER. 
may have been fishing all day, without suspecting their 
presence. 
Herodotus mentions the catching of crocodiles in 
the Nile, by baiting a hook with flesh, and then attract- 
ing the reptile towards it by making a hog squeal. 
The ancient Egyptian manner of killing the croco- 
dile is different from that of the present day, as powder 
and ball have changed the manner of destruction; but 
the fondness for pigs in the crocodile and alligator, 
for more than two thousand years, remains the same. 
