. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . CKOCOniLE. in anv of the fresh water streams. It may easily be distinguishedfrom the allio-ator bv its narrow snout and the holes in the end of the ALLKJATORS AM) CROCODILICS. 71 upper jaw into which the two front teeth of the h,wer jaw enterAs a rule, it hves in the bays and inhuul creeks whicli abound in thesouthern portion of the State. l^,. through some of thesecreeks, where the banks are one or two feet above high water marknumbers of their well-worn slides may be seen, where thev cli
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . CKOCOniLE. in anv of the fresh water streams. It may easily be distinguishedfrom the allio-ator bv its narrow snout and the holes in the end of the ALLKJATORS AM) CROCODILICS. 71 upper jaw into which the two front teeth of the h,wer jaw enterAs a rule, it hves in the bays and inhuul creeks whicli abound in thesouthern portion of the State. l^,. through some of thesecreeks, where the banks are one or two feet above high water marknumbers of their well-worn slides may be seen, where thev 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 hnve no personal knowledge of the subject. The huntersclaim that the crocodiles will not look at a light and that thev cannot shine their eyes, as they can those of an alligator, whichis luckvfor the crocodiles, as they are not very numerous even noxv. Crocodiles grow to a larger size than the alligator. At one time. UKAI) OK CROCODILK. they were numerous in Indian Creek, Biscayne Bay, and also inArch Creek in the same locality, but thev are not as plentv 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 ver^■ ditlicult for any oneexcept a professional hunter to t^nd them. The largest crocodile Ihave ever killed measured thirteen feet eight inches in length. I 72 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 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 bank f 31 ^P«*i|i^^^^!ia^jp| ^■^]\^,\ ^^y\^]i the cr
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