Hunting in the Great West Rustlings in the Rockies Hunting And Fishing By
Hunting in the Great West Rustlings in the Rockies Hunting And Fishing By
Shields, G. O. (George O.), 1846-1925
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The 'gators, he told us, fare no better, and hundreds of each are killed every winter, and still there is no perceptible decrease in their number. Many of the latter are wounded who speedily recover. He thinks there is not an alligator on the river five years old but carries twenty to thirty pounds of lead in his carcass, and he notices that it is very difficult for some of them to swim with even their noses above water, on account of the extra ballast they carry. He told us of one old saurian ...who lives in and around Lake George, who is nearly thirty feet long, whose back is four feet broad, whose head is as large as a flour barrel, and who when he " bellows, " wakes all the natives for miles around. He says he frequently takes in a hog, deer, deerhound or other animal as he attempts to swim across the river, and makes a meal off him. Under the influence of these stories and other pastimes the time fled rapidly, until at six P. M. We again reached Palatka and tied up for the night. Early the next morning we resumed the voyage.
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