Note 1 — CHAP. III.
Reading edition
: Crocodilus biporcatus. Cuvier.
2: Crocodilus palustris, Less.
3: In Siam the flesh of the crocodile is sold for food in the markets and bazaars. "Un jour je vis plus de cinquante crocodiles, petits et grands, attachés aux colonnes de leurs maisons. Ils les vendent la chair comme on vendrait de la chair de porc, mais à bien meilleur marché."—PALLEGOIX, Siam, vol. i. p. 174.
4: HERODOTUS records the observations of the Egyptians that the crocodile of the Nile abstains from food during the four winter months.—Euterpe, lviii.
5: HUMBOLDT relates a similar story as occurring at Calabazo, in Venezuela.—Personal Narrative, c. xvi.