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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; but yet they are sometimes-killed sometimes-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 He still. Sometimes Some-times they manage, by their claws, which are very powerful, to make am opening In the fence, and secure an entrance. After this they will remain quiet, and catch the first bather a soon as he enters the water. Tha crocodile, however, cannot carry away the body of its victim on account of the fence, and it has to risk its own life, as the villagers will try to kill it within the inclosure. |