THE ALLIGATOR'S METHOD OF ATTACK 



it will be its rugged head and fishy eyes, slowly revolving 

 in a last survey of its victim ; then eomes the final attack, 

 delivered rapidly as lightning, as with a rush and mighty 

 swish of the tail, it pounces on the unsuspecting prey and 

 drags it under water. The best place to shoot these 

 vicious reptiles is in the centre of the neck at its junction 

 with the head, where, if a bull's eye is made, death will be 

 practically instantaneous. 



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