CROCODILE* 
that length. It's thickness, in the iTiiddlc of 
the body, is from the bulk of* a man to that ot 
a horse. The colour of the scales, or maiU 
with which it is covered, is sometimes a dark 
or dusky brown, with an admixture of grey; 
sometimes a reddish yellow ; and sometimes 
almost black : the under sides, including the 
tail, and insides of the limbs, being of a whit- 
ish citron, spotted on the sides, similar to the 
scales of the upper parts. Artists, however, 
availing themselves of the Lizard varieti^es, not 
unfrequently attire the Crocodile in green, 
green and yellow, &;c. according to the caprice 
of their respe61;ive fancies. Even our Green 
Dragon, the boasted vi6lim of St. George, tu- 
telar champion of England, has probably no. 
Qther origin than the Crocodile. 
, Catesby observes, that this animal cannot 
be more terrible in it's aspc6l, than it is for- 
midable and mischievous in it's nature: sparing 
neither man nor beast which it can surprize ; 
but pulling them under water, to kill them, 
that it may with greater facility, and without 
struggle or resistance, devour tlicm. As these, 
however, do not often come in it's way, it 
<;hiefly subsists on fish. In South Carolina^ 
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