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A SLEEPING CROCODILE
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"ROOSEVELT TOUR” PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR CAPPER. TOPEKA, KANSAS
COPYRIGHTED, 1909, BY ARTHUR CAPPER, TOPEKA, KANSAS
A SLEEPING CROCODILE. The Crocodile is very
common in the head waters of the Nile and in the
rivers of Uganda, through which territory the Roose-
velt party are now travelling. It attains a length of
several feet, and is the highest form of reptilian life.
Its back is covered with horny plates within the thick
skin, and the massive jaw is firmly set with very strong
teeth. It makes its way through the water by a twist-
ing stroke of its powerful tail, and the animals, fish
and birds on which it feeds are often brought within
reach of its jaws by a twist of the tail. The jaws are
rigidly articulated and it frequent'y has to sink its food
until it is sufficiently macerated to be torn to pieces.
Crocodile worship is one of the oldest forms of religion
in Egypt.
