Boy's Own Paper,  1 (1879), 93–94.

Alligators at Home

Fred Beverly

Genre:

Essay

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Subjects:

Zoology


    Describes the habitat, development, habits, and other characteristics of alligators found in the Everglades swamps of Florida. Describes his close encounter with an alligator and presents an extract of a description of the alligator from a work by 'Bertram' 'who visited Florida a hundred years ago' (94).



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