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KSIEB
The Fierce Man Eating Crocodile
of Australia.
A PATIENT, CUNNING BRUTE.
Thii Powerful and Savage Saurian,
Sometimes Twenty-seven Fet Irt
Length, Will Tsskle Anything From
a Sheep to a Half Ton Bullock.
The crocodile of the Xile differs vcrv
lit from that AlIstr:1li, which U n75
j ino tooth dourly visible when the
j month of the monster Is closed. There
ore also differences lu the webblug of
the toes and the form of the legs,
I though to the general observer there is
utile or no difrcivuce.
; The crocodiles no doubt feed lurgely
upon fish, but us they mwv older unit
stronger and require great quantities of
rooa tiiey will when hungry attack
anything from a sheep orlarignroo to
a ouiiock, a ilg crocodile making short
wor or a bullock weighing over half a
ton. Some of these monsters measure
as much as twctity-seveu feet In lensth
and possess Imuieuse gtrength besides
"oiuienm ruuuiug aiut patience - Une
will lie lu wait tit any watering place
rrequeuted by animals, hardly dis
generally termed "alligator." though in
reality a true ciwwl'le. The head of
a true alligator is linrnde- "r.d shorter
than that of the c ocodl!. There Is
also considerable difference In the teeth
and their disposition in the jaws. The
teeth of an alligator are unequal, and
the larger of the lower canine euters a
cavity In the upper jaw, while that of
a crocodile simply fits Into a groove on
the outside of the uoner law. feavliw
buu and impassive It has beenm Tho
t ntilmal coming down to drink is seized
in the crocodile's huge jaws and drawn
into the water and drowned.
At other times the tall is used to
sweep the aulmal Into deep water,
where, even though its prey may be a
heavy bullock, it has little or no chance
against its enemy, which Is specially
provided by nature with an arrange.
ment that prevents the water rushlnjr
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aown its nuge throat even though Its
Jaws are fully distended through hold
ing its prey. Thus after a few brief
Beeonds the unequal struggle is over,
aud the saurian takes the carcass in
tow to some favored locality where he
can enjoy it at his leisure.
In th.i Alll.ll. .1a.... t .
... i.v v.i.i. un,m ai con j'nrwiu,
souiu Australia, bathlmr In the onen
sea was forbidden owing to the danger
from crocodiles, there and mwlv ev
erywhere else lu Australia called nlll
gators, though In reality no true nlll
gators exist iu Australia.
trooper uanied Davis, a fine
disregarded the general order aud one
morning early went for a swim r.ir
out In the harbor he noticed what he
ana others took to bo a floutlmr loir
Many of the northern trees flout ami
are washed down In tho wet unison to
the opeu sea. Out went the strong
swimmer, nearer aud uearer to the
supposed log. UUtll too lata h. nxHiir-
nlied his mistake and that he was ap
proaching Instead of a loir a
apparently listless crocodile'.,
But the knowledge camo too late t'
be of any service to poor Davis, thouch
some men called out to him from n
smau crart close by to "Go back! Go
back!" and Davis did make an attempt
ro retreat and was swimming manful
ly shoreward wheu the huge brute
flashed down upon him at a tirrin..
speed and, opening his irreat laws to
their utmost capacity, came down with
a smack that was innr,i Avon tt
shore, and inside their cruel grasp was
Trooper Davis" head. Then, with the
quickness common to tho saurian. It
had disappeared with Its victim.
Crocodiles at nighttime low and be!
low just liko cattle, psnectniir irv
bulls,, andMJjave spent some nights
In an nK.. iuu (.. .T.J r.
v vvu iu v.uiuurmge gun,
northwestern Australia. wh.n the
whole place seemed td be alive with
them, and what with their st.Uuh.va on
cries, the welrdnesa of the w
aud their close proximity as they t
times rocked tho boat sleep was Impos
sible, for there are several instances
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iur uve attempted to take men from
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OUt of f'iinmii imI (.n.
A puor fellow named Reed, the mate I
or aecoiw male or the Gulnan, had
gone lu his .vessel to some river iu
Carpentaria gulf-l believe the Roper
ine vessel was at anchof nnr ih.
tuoutn or the rlvef. The mate. ltel
nau neeu dispatched In charge1 of
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tance up the river In a large open
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ujey were on reauv for n rpfum t
ship. All being made snuir. the tiri
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icnows turned in. har no- ma w.
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o " '.v. piuvy
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shrieks. These were the cries of poor
Reed, who. envelonod In hi iuwi,i
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uvrue uu oy a crocodile.
It Is said by those who knew him
well and accompanied him on this and
other previous trips that he had the
habit of sleeping with his font m,
gunwale of the boat, and no doubt this
anorueci the crocodile an easier oppor
tunity of seizing him.
The crocodile has a renin rkn hla
It can arrange tho rmnii tn n
or horizontal Dosltlnn m Will in of.
Its requirement by day or night. It
has a special natural protection to the
eje, anu tnrouiri a duct Parana ),
fluid when the mon.ter weeps. In
fact, he Is n peculiar brute altogether,
with many fmecfaT i
huge jaws that help to make of him
the terror he is.-Sydney JIall.
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