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stated to have been a small one, only measuring about 4 feet long, 

 and, unfortunately, it was not preserved. 



" Mr. J. r. Bodger informed me that, when he was British 

 Resident in Pahang, he bad 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 vras 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 imformed some years ago that one was taken to the 

 Police station at Telok Anson for tlie reward, measuring 19 feet 

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

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

 proved to be common Salt-water CiocodWes (Crocodilits porosus). 

 There is therefore 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 show that it is 

 confined to the Perak and Pahang rivers and some of tlieir larger 

 tributaries ; thougli it is probable that it will hereafter also be 

 found in the Kelantau 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 ever 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 Marsij 

 Crocodile (C palustris. Less.). These are called respectively 

 ' Buaya ' and ' Buaya Kalak,' or tlie Frog Crocodile, by the Malays. 

 ' Buaya Tembaga,' that is tlie Brass Crocodile, is a name often 

 heard, but it only has reference to the colouf, being indifferently 

 applied to all yellowish-tinted ones without regard to their species. 



" The Malayan Gavial would appear to be essentially a freshwater 

 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 Oavialis gangeti- 

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

 ordinarj' 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 aud quite silently sink 

 beneath the surface and nothing but a small portion of the nose 

 remains : on a nearer approach this also quietly disappears. This 

 doubtless accounts for the fact that the animal is so very rarely 

 seen. 



" The irides are yellowish brown and the pupils vertical. The 

 upper surface is pale dull olive-green, finely and closely spotted 

 with dark brown. The ground-colour becomes lighter on the sides 

 and is nearly white beneath. The tail has six dark bands, formed 

 by the spotting of the scales on the sides and lower surface with 

 dark brown. In the liviug animal the upper jaw projects nearly 

 an inch beyond the under jaw. 



