Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America . The G-ymnotus The Torpedo. CROCODILES. 123 and resuming her way, was soon separated from herpreservers by a cloud of dust. In the, night the travellers forded the Eio Urituco,which is infested with a breed of crocodiles remarkablefor their ferocity, although those in a neighbouringstream are not at all dangerous. They were advisedto prevent their dogs from going to drink in the rivers,as it often happened that the crocodiles came out of thewater and pursued dogs on the banks. The mannersof animals, observes Humboldt, vary in the
Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America . The G-ymnotus The Torpedo. CROCODILES. 123 and resuming her way, was soon separated from herpreservers by a cloud of dust. In the, night the travellers forded the Eio Urituco,which is infested with a breed of crocodiles remarkablefor their ferocity, although those in a neighbouringstream are not at all dangerous. They were advisedto prevent their dogs from going to drink in the rivers,as it often happened that the crocodiles came out of thewater and pursued dogs on the banks. The mannersof animals, observes Humboldt, vary in the samespecies, according to local circumstances, difficult toinvestigate. We were shown a hut, or rather a kindof shed, in which our host of Calabozo, Don MiguelCousin, had witnessed a very extraordinary with one of his friends on a bench coveredwith leather, Don Miguel was awakened early in themorning by violent shakes and a horrible noise. Clodsof earth were thrown into the middle of the a young crocodile, two or three feet long,issued from unde
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