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“ The absence of clavicular bones was evident ; and 
the removal of the integument of the neck was at- 
tended by a perceptible odour of musk. The pro- 
bable use of this odour is to entice prey, for it is 
well known that a paste perfumed with oil of Rho- 
dium is a great attraction to fish. 
I should describe the tegumentary covering of the 
Crocodile to be, on the under parts, square tesserae of 
horn set as close as they can be together ; on the 
sides oval scales, with rather wide interspaces of tough 
skin ; on the back oblong plates, some ridgy, others 
dentelated, and others bossy, with central tubercles. 
“ When stealthily swimming, the Crocodile nips its 
prey with its front lower teeth, two of which close 
up and sheath into sockets of the snout. The in- 
stinctive tenacity with which he holds whatever he 
has nipped and caught, was amusingly manifested in 
a Crocodile drawn out of a hole at Windsor Park pen 
near this town. He lay wounded ; but by presenting 
to him a rope knotted at the end, with a small cross- 
bar driven through the knot-hole, he was enticed to 
nip it. The Crocodile held the rope closer as he felt 
the efibrt at resistance greater ; and in this way he was 
drawn out readily, though measuring fourteen feet in 
length. 
“ The orifice of the Crocodile’s ear is guarded by 
a plate firmly hinged, forming a moveable lid, rising 
and shutting at the pleasure of the reptile. This is 
a coincident provision with that for breathing by 
the nostrils, when all the head save the snout is 
under water. If the closing of the auricular valve 
be accordant with the act of shutting up the valvular 
