Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . er across a shallowbank. Before they reached her, the reptile snapped off her leg. Theycarried her on board, bandaged up her limb, bestowed Jacks usualremedy for all complaints, a glass of grog, on her, and carried her to ahut in the village. Next morning they found the bandages torn off and 188 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the poor creature left to die, their opinion being that it had been done
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . er across a shallowbank. Before they reached her, the reptile snapped off her leg. Theycarried her on board, bandaged up her limb, bestowed Jacks usualremedy for all complaints, a glass of grog, on her, and carried her to ahut in the village. Next morning they found the bandages torn off and 188 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the poor creature left to die, their opinion being that it had been doneby her master, to whom, as she had lost a leg, she would be of no furtheruse, and he did not wish the expense of keeping her. The following account is taken from the diary of an explorer in theKafifir country: Yesterday, as the men were digging out the steamers,which had become jammed by the floating rafts, they felt something ^struggling beneath their feet. They immediately scrambled away in timeto avoid the large head of a crocodile that broke its way through thetangled mass in which it had been jammed and held prisoner by the black soldiers, armed with swords and bill-hooks, immediately. INSTANTLY HE WAS DRAGGED FROM THE SADDLE attacked the crocodile, who, although freed from imprisonment, had notexactly fallen into the hands of the Humane Society. He was quickly dis-patched, and that evening his flesh gladdened the cooking-pots of the party. I was amused with the account of this adventure given by variousofficers who were eye-witnesses. One stated, in reply to my question asto the length of the animal, Well, sir, I should not like to exaggerate^but I should say it was forty-five feet long from snout to tail! Anotherwitness declarer^ it to be at least twenty feet; but if one were seized bysuch a creature he would be disposed to think that, whatever might beits length, it is made up mostly of jaws. AFLOAT ON THE RIVER ZAMBESI. 189 From the graphic narrative of Mr. G
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