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who coiise((nci)tly never iJ^SafePoy tliciii : imh rd. 

 the o-nod inulerstaiuliiip: ^leenis mutual ; for 1 oh- 

 scrvtMl D;iti\(' coiix icfs workiiin; up to tlic waii^t 

 in till' watrr, not iar from these voracious crea- 

 tures, (reposing like logs on tlld iSliffeej& of ftifi 

 water») without fear m apprehension, iB^iri^firoia 



them never licino^ experieneed. Some say the 

 allisiatni's artj too w vW fed witli tlie oflal and ear- 

 cases coming ch^wn the river ; others, tliat tlie 

 reptilcs jiavef a res[>ect foir skijjs | l&y^^cmM 

 EvxGfpmi em&t the i&v&t Uke ^ tti^i^^ htt 

 would be attacked li}^ these formidaMeicreattires. 

 I saw a nnndjer of these reptiles, one mornino-, 

 assembled about a dead butialo, wliich had floated 

 dow Ifee lirm nm the fiftmiii^^ae 0i 

 mn& of them, must have mtmved ieveral 

 generations. 



Wc himh'd near a row of neat houses, Iiaviu"- 

 trees planted in front^ which conduced, in this 

 suhry climate, to affovd an agreeable shelter 

 from the foisrcmr iJie nm t t^iese h^ldiligs 

 •wefe pnncipally occupied as stores and offices by 

 the merchants. The streets of Batavia run for 

 the most ])art in a iiortli and south dirt'ctiou ; 

 an* kept in neat order, regularly watered, and 

 planted with rows^ of tri^a m ihe Dtiteh style ; 

 these fOtmeidy adorned the lianks of raiiala, 

 winch intersected the streets, rendering the city at 



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