Dozens fed on the meat we left.
Our Krooman, Jumbo, used to assert that the crocodile never eats fresh meat, but always keeps it till it is high and tender--and the stronger it smells the better he likes it.

There seems to be some truth in this.
They can swallow but small pieces at a time, and find it difficult to tear fresh meat.

In the act of swallowing, which is like that of a dog, the head is raised out of the water.

We tried to catch some, and one was soon hooked; it required half-a-dozen hands to haul him up the river, and the shark-hook straightened, and he got away.

A large iron hook was next made, but, as the creatures could not swallow it, their jaws soon pressed it straight--and our crocodile-fishing was a failure.