CROCODILE. 
shore. The proud vi6tor, exulting, returns to 
the place of a£lion. The shores and forests 
resound his dreadful roar ; together with the 
triumphing shouts of the plaited tribe arotjnd, 
witnesses of the horrid combat.*' 
Our friend Bartram afterwards describes a 
Crocodile spe6tacle of still superior horror. 
*' How,** exclaims he, ** shall I express my- 
self, so as to convey an adequate idea of it to 
the reader, and at the same time avoid raising 
suspicions of my veracity ; should I say, that 
the river, in this place, from shore to shore, 
and perhaps near half a mile above and below 
me, appeared to be one solid bank of fish,, of 
various kinds, pushing through this narrow 
pass of St. Juan's into the little lake, in their 
return down the river ; and, that the Crocodiles 
were in such incredible numbers, and so close 
together, from shore to shore, that it would 
have been easy to have walked across on their 
heads, had the animals been harmless ! What 
expressions can sufficiently declare the shoek- 
hig scene that for some minutes continued, 
while this mighty army of fish were forcing 
the pass ! During this attempt, thousands—I 
may say, hundreds of thousands— were caught 
and 
