It is quite natural, then, they should fear us; and you may notice they are much more timid near the plantations and settlements than in the wilder parts.

I have no doubt--and I have so heard it--that there are places in the great swamps where they are still dangerous to approach.

Those who assert that the African crocodiles are more fierce, do not draw their conclusions from facts.

The caimans of South America--and these are alligators--are quite as fierce as the crocodiles.

I have read many accounts of their attacking the natives of Guiana and Brazil, and devouring them, too.