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within a few feet of the flag boat. All hands turned out and 

 towed it ashore, where they fell to and cut it up. As they were 

 completing this job, a rustling in a pile of drif tweed attracted 

 their attention, and upon investigating the cause, they found a 



large crocodile wedged in so that it could not extricate itself . 

 With pikes and poles it was speedily dispatched and cut up for 



