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WITH reference to Mr. Ridley's account of the occurrence of a crocodile on the Cocos Islands, I was, quartered in Barbados in the beginning of 1885, when a very fine alligator, over 15 feet in length, was washed on shore. As it was on the point of crawling up the beach it was noticed by a sergeant of engineers and some sappers who shot it, and afterwards exhibited it in the town.
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CALDWELL, A. Occurrence of a Crocodile on Cocos Islands. Nature 42, 463 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042463c0
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