CROCODILE. 
The annexed print represents a young Crc- 
codiie, in the possession of Mr. Michel, of 
Dover Street. It is three feet long, preserved in 
spirits, quite perfect, and bends with the greatest 
facility. The jaws open at right angles ; in 
consequence of a thick corrugated skin, which 
Stretches with the action. The tongue adheres 
immoveably in the middle, but may be raised 
up all round the edges. The ears are a sort of 
long, straight, horizontal lines, parallel with 
the eyes, and covered with an elastic skin, 
which draws up, and discloses the orifice ; be- 
ing, like the eyes, guarded above with protu- 
berant scales. The eyes are small, and covered 
with a nidlitating membrane. The fore feet 
have five, but tire hind feet only four, toes : 
the two outer toes, on each fore foot, it is re- 
markable, have no claws or nails ; all the rest 
have strong b'.ack claws, slightly incurvatcd. 
The general colour is a dusky, but not dark, 
yellowish brown, on the upper pr.rts of the 
body ; and, on the insides of the iimbs, and all 
the under parts, a lustrous ycliowivsh white. 
The protuberant scales, cr pieces of mail, are 
every where spotted, or clouded, with blotches 
of a dark hue ; which probably darkens with 
age in the living animal. 
