72 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 
shot him in a small creek near Card Sound, in the spring of 1895, 
and saw another at that time which I feel certain was at least two 
feet longer than his companion. 
An old hunter by the name of William Freeman told me he saw a 
crocodile in a shallow creek near Card Sound, and, as he could see 
the animal perfectly, tried to form an approximate idea of its length 
by pacing the bank 
of the creek par- 
allel with the croc- 
odile. He stated 
that he believed 
this crocodile 
would measure at 
least nineteen feet. 
Such estimates are 
of comparatively 
little value except to show that there are larger crocodiles in South 
Florida than have as yet been killed; and it is fair to assume that 
there are crocodiles in Florida to-day which will measure seventeen 
feet or more in length. The skin is not as dark as that of an alli- 
gator, being slightly variegated, lighter and darker in places, and 
the animal when asleep on the bank appears to be clay colored, 
rather than black, as in the case of the alligator. The large one 
which I killed looked ashy gray as he lay on the bank about fifty 
yards from me. 
CROCODILE. 
