Show big at tho end of a chapter on alligators fa his book hunting and fishing in florida mr charles B gory curator of tho department of ornithology in the field colombian museum chicago gives an entry which ho once baw in tho register of tho brock house jn the old days when transportation was moro difficult than it is at present the brock house was about tho end of civilization and was a 24 hours trip by boat from jacksonville it was at that time a great resort for sportsmen who were attracted there by tho fishing and shooting to bo had in the vicinity the old register which extended back a great many years contained como queer records somo of them of doubtful voracity among others some one had written march 19 1872 killed a large alii gator the largest seen hero this year the stomach contained a boot a piece of pine wood a fis hermans float and some small fish immediately beneath this record was another evidently added by some wag march 24 hilled a much bigger alligator than the ono mentioned above tho stomach contained a gold watch in government bonds and a cord of wood on the nest page written ia a neat unobtrusive style was inscribed tho following shot tho biggest alligator ever known in florida the stomach contained tho remains of a steam launch a lot of old railway iron and a quantity of melted ice proving that it existed during the glacial epoch |