skill and power, and a blow from the 
tail of an old specimen may knock a 
man entirely out. Many good stories 
have been published giving accounts of 
such fights, and the fact is generally 
stated that the ’gator was either killed 
or got away badly wounded. 
Young alligators feed chiefly on fish, 
while the old ones add birds and mam- 
mals to the list. Very young ones catch 
insects, frogs, and various tadpoles. In 
a brief article like the present one 
much interesting history with respect 
to alligators must be passed by, and 
our remaining space will have to be 
devoted to a few words about croco- 
diles. 
As stated, a crocodile can readily be 
distinguished from an alligator by the 
peculiarities of its teeth and its pointed 
snout; its form is more slender, and it 
is a far more agile reptile. A full- 
grown animal may attain a length of 
over fifteen feet, and weigh nearly 450 
pounds. 
HEY stand in the greatest possible 
fear of man—will even dash away 
from a child should one appear while 
they lie basking in the sun on a bank. 
They are extremely active, and the old 
ones possess the power of raising them- 
selves on their stiffened-out limbs and 
running for short distances. Croco- 
diles in captivity are notoriously vici- 
ous and bad-tempered, and must be 
approached with caution. Many of 
their habits agree with the ones seen 
in alligators, and they live upon the 
same kinds of food in nature. Their 
rate of growth, too, is about the same, 
as are their breeding habits, all of 
which is well known to those who have 
had opportunity to study them in their 
native haunts, as well as in the tanks 
at various zodélogical gardens, where 
specimens have been kept in captivity. 
Modern Trapping Methods 
(Continued from page 149) 
kind. A pill generally makes him sick 
and if he’s got other stuff inside to 
absorb the poison vomiting will result. 
Sometimes a coyote will pick up a 
pill, carry it in his mouth for a half 
mile and then spit it out. The trap- 
per comes along, sees his pill is miss- 
ing and wonders why he can’t catch 
up with the poisoned coyote. And that 
isn’t the worst of it. Another less 
suspicious furbearer will come along, 
pick up the bait dropped by the coyote 
and wander off in the woods some- 
where to die undiscovered—a shame- 
ful waste. 
HAVE done a lot of poisoning, off 
and on, during the last ten years. 
I’ve poisoned coyotes in Washington 
In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
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