CROCODILE. 
any end ; they have many different forms,, and 
hues yet more diversified : while the Crocodile 
has hardly any varieties. The ^imericans iisir 
ally call their Crocodile the Alligator ; by some 
it is named the Cayman ; and, in Brasil, Jacere. 
Still it is the same animal of different climates, 
with much less variation than climate alone 
coiTjmonly occasions. It is pretended, by 
some, that the body of the Alligator, or Cro- 
codile of the western world, is not so slender 
as that of the African and Asiatic Crocodile ; 
that it's nose, instead of resembling that of a 
greyhound, is indented like the nose of a lap- 
dog ; that it's swallow is not so wide ; that it's 
colours are daiker, beino^ black varied with 
white ; and, lastly, that it is less mischievous. 
These distindlions, liowever, by no means 
prevent the Crocodiles, of Africa, of Asia, and 
of America, from being fairly included under 
one general description, 
Tlie Crocodile is unknown in every part of 
Europe ; but inhabits most great rivers, and 
extensive lakes, in the othci: three (piarters ot 
the o-lobe. The Nile lias alwavs been famous 
for Crocodiles ; and the Niger, and River C)i 
the Amazon?, arc said to produce them in 
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