. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . CROCODILE. in any of the fresh water streams. It may easily be distinguishedfrom the alligator by its narrow snout and the holes in the end of the ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES. 71 upper jaw into which the two front teeth of the lower jaw a rule, it lives in the bays and inland creeks which abound in thesouthern portion of the State. Passing through some of thesecreeks, where the banks are one or two feet above high water mark,numbers of their well-worn- slides may be seen, where they climb
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . CROCODILE. in any of the fresh water streams. It may easily be distinguishedfrom the alligator by its narrow snout and the holes in the end of the ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES. 71 upper jaw into which the two front teeth of the lower jaw a rule, it lives in the bays and inland creeks which abound in thesouthern portion of the State. Passing through some of thesecreeks, where the banks are one or two feet above high water mark,numbers of their well-worn- slides may be seen, where they climb outon the bank to sleep and sun themselves. It is claimed that thecrocodile cannot be hunted at night, but as I do not hunt in thatmanner I have no personal knowledge of the subject. The huntersclaim that the crocodiles will not look at a light and that they cannot shine their eyes, as they can those of an alligator, which is luckyfor the crocodiles, as they are not very numerous even now. Crocodiles grow to a larger size than the alligator. At one time. HEAD OF CROCODILE. they were numerous in Indian Creek, Biscayne Bay, and also inArch Creek in the same locality, but they are not as plenty now asformerly. Further south, through Card Sound and below, is thepresent home of the crocodile in any numbers, and the intricate net-work of islands and lagoons makes it very difficult for any oneexcept a professional hunter to find them. The largest crocodile Ihave ever killed measured thirteen feet eight inches in length. I 72 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. ri f shot him in a small creek near Card Sound, in the spring of 1895,and saw another at that time which I feel certain was at least twofeet longer than his companion. An old hunter by the name of William Freeman told me he saw acrocodile in a shallow creek near Card Sound, and, as he could seethe animal perfectly, tried to form an approximate idea of its length by pacing the bankof the creek par-allel with the croc-odile. He stated
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