feet3inchesfromsnouttoendoftail。
Thestomachcontainedaboutfivepounds’weightofpebbles，asthoughithadfeduponfleshrestinguponagravelbank，andhadswallowedthepebblesthathadadhered。Mixedwiththepebbleswasagreenish，slimymatterthatappearedwoolly。Inthemidstofthiswerethreeundeniablewitnessesthatconvictedthecrocodileofwilfulmurder。Anecklaceandtwoarmlets，suchasarewornbythenegrogirls，weretakenfromthestomach！Thegirlhadbeendigested。Thiswasanoldmalefactorthatwasagoodriddance。
Ihavefrequentlyseencrocodilesupwardsofeighteenfeetinlength，andtherecanbelittledoubtthattheysometimesexceedtwenty；butaverysmallcreatureofthisspeciesmaycarryawayamanwhileswimming。
Thecrocodiledoesnotattempttoswallowananimalatonce，buthavingcarriedittoafavouritefeeding-place，generallyinsomedeephole，ittearsitlimbfromlimbwithteethandclawsanddevoursitatleisure。
Thecampofthe”FortyThieves”hadbeenfinishedsometimesince：thegardenswereflourishing，andIerecteda”shadoof，”orEgyptiandoublebucketandleverforirrigation。Twomencouldliftandthrowout3，600