ALLIGATOR OIL A letter f ON ST. Au
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ALLIGATOR On A letter fom St. Au-
gusline says:


suppose you may not have heard that
we have discovered the utility of alligaiors-
An alligator is found TO be as valuable in
his way as spermaceti whale. An ex-
pedition has left this place for the river of
ST. Johns, and the dark tributary stream
of Black creek, swarming with these hide
Gus creatures, with the view of killing them
to obtain their oil.


The oil of the alligator is said to be bet
ter for lamps than even whale oil, and it is
extracted from the animal in considerable
quantity and without any great difficulty.
For this discovery we are indebted to the
Indians, who have been in the habit, for
how long time | know not, of extracting
the oil of the alligator and using il for vari-
Gus purposes. II makes fine Transparent;
fluid and burns admirably.


You know how many of these enorm-
mouse animals are shot out of wanionness
from the decks OF the steamboats, that plough
our watersl l expect hereafter to hear of
laws passed for their protection. Every
time an alligator of eighteen feet long is
shot in the long grass OF the liver banks, or
while he is swimming. barrel or half
barrel of oil is wasted. This should not
be. We must allow them 10 be killed on.
ly at the proper season, when they are
latest, and not permit their destruction al
the season when they lay their eggs.


The alligator is formidable looking
creature, it is true. but he is generally HARM
less. His office is 10 prowl in the sluggish
waters of this Southern region, pick up
what he can, and digest it into excellent
oil for the illumination of our houses. AL
igators will be esteemed as useful as pigs
perhaps more so; for their keeping costs
nothing. The danger is, that now the
world has discovered what they arc good
for. their race will be exterminated."


". Y. Erening Post.