. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 214 EASTERN ETHIOPIA XVII !j,l;uj(;ls beluna; to the same class of oro-ans as the face glands of antelopes and deer. The musk bags of croco- diles are much prized by natives ; some of them eat the tiesh of these reptiles, but it is distasteful to Europeans. Those who have partaken of crocodile flesh complain of fc!i)i'tft»4r. '.z^jSinJiipM hjt The Crncoilile. This Ijrute is Innl of African hikes and rivers. its musky taste. The odour of cr
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 214 EASTERN ETHIOPIA XVII !j,l;uj(;ls beluna; to the same class of oro-ans as the face glands of antelopes and deer. The musk bags of croco- diles are much prized by natives ; some of them eat the tiesh of these reptiles, but it is distasteful to Europeans. Those who have partaken of crocodile flesh complain of fc!i)i'tft»4r. '.z^jSinJiipM hjt The Crncoilile. This Ijrute is Innl of African hikes and rivers. its musky taste. The odour of crocodiles is especially obnoxious to me : during the years I made post rnortem examinations of animals dying in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, London, the scent exhaled from crocodiles during dissection made me ill for several houi-s. It still exercises this unpleasant eff'ect on Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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