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Show Human Victims of Crocodile. Villagers living near a crocodile-Infested river In India protect themselves them-selves from man-eaters by fencing their bathing places with bamboo-poles; bamboo-poles; but yet they are sometimeei killed within these inclosures, if not. devoured. The brutes are not altogether alto-gether devoid of intelligence. They will enter the inclosure at night by the overland route and lie still. Sometimes Some-times they manage, by their claws which are very powerful, to make an. opening In the fence, and secure an entrance. After this they will remain-quiet, remain-quiet, and catch the first bather as soon as he enters the water. The crocodile, however, cannot carry away the body of its victim on account ol the fence, and it has to risk Its own life, as the villagers will try to kllj it within the inclosure. |