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!j,l;uj(;ls beluna; to the same class of oro-ans as the face 

 glands of antelopes and deer. The musk bags of croco- 

 diles are much prized by natives ; some of them eat the 

 tiesh of these reptiles, but it is distasteful to Europeans. 

 Those who have partaken of crocodile flesh complain of 



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The Crncoilile. 

 This Ijrute is Innl of African hikes and rivers. 



its musky taste. The odour of crocodiles is especially 

 obnoxious to me : during the years I made post rnortem 

 examinations of animals dying in the Gardens of the 

 Zoological Society, London, the scent exhaled from 

 crocodiles during dissection made me ill for several 

 houi-s. It still exercises this unpleasant eff'ect on me. 



