Eureka Reporter | 1905-09-29 | Page 6 | Crocodiles Hard to Kill

crocodiles CHOC ODILES HARD TO KILL many bullets necessary to put end to one s existence shooting crocodiles in india Is a little like shooting mud turtles A hunter describes the sport we sud denly came on our first crocodile about a mile asleep on the bank with its mouth open not more than twenty yards from us it barted to get away but I 1 fired two blots as quickly as I 1 could get them off the first into its open mortn and the second into its neck as it arned its head that stopped it effectually and it never got into the water the next day we found another crocodile and my friend got it just above the shoulder that wis not enough to stop it but we both fired as it was getting into the water and one ballel hit it in front ot the quarters sometimes come up again when wounded so we waited about minutes and then looking about baw it lying on its back at the hot torn of the stream it looked dead enough 0 o we got hold of the end 0 the tall and pulled it ashore we gave it two more shots one in the peck and the other in the middle ol 01 the back and it then still had vitall ty enough to bite a paddle in two though the legs paralyzed and it coul not move