Fig. 7- A Typical 'gator "Hole." I 



Only a few yards across, and surrounded by a dense growth of vegetation. On " 

 far side is seen an opening in the surrounding grass and flags where the ground 

 worn smooth by the alligator in crawling out of the hole. Under the bank, probal 

 near the place where the alligator "pulls out," is the deep cave into which the 

 habitant of this hole quickly goes on the approach of danger. As this cave ma)'' 

 fifteen or twenty feet deep it is not an easy matter to get the animal out. When 

 female alligator inhabits such a hole, a nest may often be found within three or f(| 

 yards of the water, though it is sometimes at a greater distance. Such a hole as t 

 may be connected by narrow, winding "trails " with larger ponds, as noted uni 

 Fig. 6. (From a Photograph by the Author.) 



