2 SCHLEGEL S GAVIAL, 



23 inches, a third was taken from the Batang Padang river near 

 Tapah, and was seen by Mr. Page, the Inspector of Police at 

 Tapah. It was stated to have been a small one, only measuring 

 about four feet long, and unfortunately it was not preserved. 



" Mr. J. P. Eodger informed me that when he was British 

 Eesident in Pahang he had seen the skull of one belonging to 

 the late Mr. E. A. Wise, that had been caught in the upper part 

 of the Pahang river. The fifth was trapped in the Perak river 

 at Pulau Tiga, some 64 miles from the mouth. This animal 

 measured 8 feet 9 inches, and is the largest yet seen. 



" I was informed some years ago that one was taken to the 

 police station at Teluk Anson for the reward, measuring 19 feet 

 in length. The Police Inspector shewed me where it was buried, 

 but I failed to find it. Four skeletons were dug out, but they all 

 proved to be common Salt-water Crocodiles (Crocodilus 2)orosiis). 

 There is thei-efore considerable doubt about the accuracy of this 

 information, and probably the animal was only a rather narrow- 

 headed common Crocodile, and not a Gavial at all. 



" These are all the instances of its occurrence that I have 

 been able to collect, and so far the evidence would go to shew 

 that it is confined to the Perak and Pahang rivers and some of 

 their larger tributaries, though it is probable that it will here- 

 after also be found in the Kelantan and possibly in the Telubin 

 river. 



" It is called by the Malays " Buaya jinjulong," or the Long- 

 snouted Crocodile, but from its rarity there are only a very few 

 who have either seen or heard of it. There are two other 

 crocodiles frequenting the coasts and rivers of the Peninsula, 

 viz., the Salt-water Crocodile (Crocodilus porosus, Schn.) and the 

 Marsh Crocodile (C. ^j>aZws/?-(s, Less.). These are called respec- 

 tively, "Buaya" and "Buaya katak," or the Frog Crocodile, by 

 the Malays. " Buaya tembaga," that is the Brass Crocodile, is 

 a name often heard, but it only has reference to the colour, 

 being indifferently applied to all yellowish tinted ones without 

 regard to their species. 



" The Malayan Gavial would appear to be essentially a fresh 

 water animal, and it is said by the natives to often frequent the 

 swamps and marshy lands on the banks of the rivers. If this is 

 really the case it differs somewhat in its habits from the Gavialls 

 gangeticus, which is much more aquatic than the Crocodile. In 

 the ordinary way, so far as my observations have gone, only the 

 upper part of the end of the nose and the two eyes are above the 

 water. On the approach of anyone the eyes slowly and quietly 



