Note 2 — Chapter XLIX
Henry Yule translation
Though the bellowing of certain American crocodiles is often spoken of, I have nowhere seen allusion to the roaring of the ghaṛiyál, nor does it seem to be commonly known. I have once only heard it, whilst on the bank of the Ganges near Rampúr Boliah, waiting for a ferry-boat. It was like a loud prolonged snore; and though it seemed to come distinctly from a crocodile on the surface of the river, I made sure by asking a boatman who stood by: “It is the ghaṛiyál speaking,” he answered.