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u wood, hammered into him "a he could
ten an opportunity. My companion on
y, other side, now tried 10 haul him to the
ore. bv the nets to which he had fastened
n 3uscli. bu. had not sufficient assistance with
Gn. ~ had mDre force with me we man.
y I'd, with the aid Of the women and chill
Fen. to drag his head and part OF his body
= I, the lutte beach. where the river ioined
dp lake and giving him the coup dc grace, ,
nf him t. gasp out the remnant OF his life
= the sand


Il regret to say that the measurement of
IN, animal was imperfect 1t was night
Vhen the struggle ended and an eAamna-
fbn Of him was made by torch-light. |
3ra,urcd the circumference, as did also NV
6mDanon; and 1t was over eleven feet i'm
Scdiately behind the fore legs. 1t was thir-
Men feet at the belly, which was distendcd
y the mmodcratc meal made Of the horse.
a As he was only part out of the water, |


ood with q line at his head, giving the 9th


y end to an Indian, with directions to take
10 the extremity of the tail. The length
= measured was twenty-five feet; but, at the
DE, doubted the good faith of my assist
"a, from the reluctance he manifested to
eoter the water, and the fears he expressed
(1at the mate Of the alligator might be in the
dcinity. From the diameter of the animal
I'd the representations of those who exam


ed him afterwards, we believe the length
q have been about thirty feet. AS we in
Nhded to preserve the entire skeleton, with
6c skin, we were less particular than we
likewise would have been. On opening
hfn, we found, with other parts Of the horse,
4 rec legs entire, being torn off at the haunch


ID shoulder, which he had swallowed whole,
4sldes large quantity Of stones, some of
\ EN- of several pound weight.


&The night which had become very dark
ID stormy, prevented us from being minute


our investigation; and leaving directions
G preserve the bones and SKIN, we took the


lad with us, and returned home. This pre-
Tuition was induced by the anxiety of the
3ives to secure the teeth; and afterwards


ind that they attribute to them miraculous


3wers in the cure or prevention of diseases.
#Thc head weighed nearly three hundred
I3unds, and so well was it covered with flesh
ID muscle, that we found balls quite hatten-
q which had been discharged in the mouth
= I'D at the back Of the head, at only the dis
4 nce of few feet, and yet the bones had
= single mark to show that they had been
t1nchcd.