SAUR1A. 



fully attacked by a single man. The great rigidity 

 of their body causes them to have much difficulty 

 in turning, so that their fury is easily eluded, at 

 least, on land. 



CROCODILE (Crocodilas Niloticus}. 



The Egyptian Crocodile (C. Niloticus) has been 

 celebrated in all ages ; it is probably the Leviathan 

 of the earliest book extant, the Book of Job. It 

 inhabits the Upper Nile, but does not now descend, 

 as formerly, to the Delta. The Senegal, Gambia, 

 and other rivers of Western Africa are infested 

 with Crocodiles closely allied to, if not identical with, 

 the present. It is marked by having six rows of 



