CHAPTER XXVII 
Crocodiles and Snakes 
N EXT succeeding in the order of nature come the Reptiles, a very 
large and important group of animals indeed, of which mem¬ 
bers are found in almost every part of the world. 
Now, it is a curious fact that, although we all know a reptile 
when we see it, and could in no case mistake it for a mammal or a 
bird, it is yet very difficult for us to write a description of these animals 
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