Note 17 — Chapter XII · THE VALLEY OF THE MAGDALENA
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The following sentence affords an interesting commentary on the occasional rarity of certain animals which are usually supposed to be always visible in large numbers, especially in the Magdalena.
“I have read much of the number of alligators on the Magdalena, but have not seen one.”—The Journal of an Expedition Across Venezuela and Colombia, p. 264, 1906–7, by Hiram Bingham, New Haven. 1909.
Raleigh says he saw in Guiana thousands of these “vglie serpants” called Lagartos. ↑