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glands belong to the same class of organs as the face 
glands of antelopes and deer. The musk bags of croco¬ 
diles are much prized by natives : some of them eat the 
flesh of these reptiles, but it is distasteful to Europeans. 
Those who have partaken of crocodile flesh complain of 
The Crocodile. 
This brute is lord of African lakes and rivers. 
its musky taste. The odour of crocodiles is especially 
obnoxious to me : during the years I made post mortem 
examinations of animals dying in the Gardens of the 
Zoological Society, London, the scent exhaled from 
crocodiles during dissection made me ill for several 
hours. It still exercises this unpleasant effect on me. 
