70 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 
of pine wood, a fisherman’s float, and some small fish.” Jmmedi- 
ately beneath this record was another which evidently some wag 
had added : ‘*March 24, killed a much bigger alligator than the 
one mentioned above. The stomach contained a gold watch, 
$10,000 in government bonds, and a cord of wood.” On the next 
page, written in a neat, unobtrusive style, was inscribed the follow- 
ing: ‘*Shot the biggest alligator ever known in Florida ; the 
stomach contained the remains of a steam launch, a lot of old rail- 
way iron, and a quantity of melted ice, proving that it existed during 
the glacial epoch.” 
CROCODILES. 
Tue crocodile occurs in the rivers and bays of extreme South 
Florida, but is seldom found far from salt water, rarely being found 
CROCODILE. 
in any of the fresh water streams. It may easily be distinguished 
from the alligator by its narrow snout and the holes in the end of the 
