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in the largest buffaloes when they go clown to drink. If the buffalo should 

 be recovered after a few days, nothing but the skin and bones remain, with 

 a large puncture in the abdomen through which evidently the flesh has been 



■ extracted. The Jhoor has a body closely resembling a large turtle, with a 

 long neck, and snake-like head, and four very long flexible legs or tenta- 

 cles. It seizes its victims by the nose and winds its tentacles round the 

 four legs, places its carepace under the chest of its prey, and levers it into 

 deep water," 



I am of opinion that this strange beast is a myth. The deep pools are 

 infested with huge crocodiles which are very destructive to cattle and pull 

 in the largest buflaloes. In several places villages have been deserted 

 owing to the decimation of the flocks by crocodiles at the drinking pools, 

 and the danger of children being dragged in. The Jhoor, 1 am afraid, 



■ carries on his head the sins of his more tangible brother, the crocodile. 



JuNAGADH, Uh March 1920. B. BROOK FOX. 



No. XXI.— LARGE CARP FROM MESOPOTAMIA. 



T enclose a photo, which may be of interest to you of a 140 lb, Tigris 

 ■Salmon (so called) which 1 caught on a 2" spoon at Samarra on 21st 



