If there's one thing that an alligator is more down on than another, it's being dredged.

Besides, they were not simply shoved out of the way; the most of the scoopful were scooped aboard; they emptied them into the hold; and when they had got a trip, they took them to Orleans to the Government works.' 'What for ?' 'Why, to make soldier-shoes out of their hides.

All the Government shoes are made of alligator hide.

It makes the best shoes in the world.

They last five years, and they won't absorb water.