Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-06-23
A LAKE OF ALLIGATORs In sCJND

This curious place is about eight miles fror
kurrachee, and is well worth inspecting by a
who are fond of the monstrous aid grotesou,
A moderate ride, through a sandy and steril
tract, varied with few patches of unolf
brings one to grove of tamarind trees. hid !,
the bosom Of which lie the grizzly brood O
monsters Little would one, ignorant of IN,
locale, suspect that under that green wood ir
tiny pool which an active leaper could hall
spring across, such hideous denizens are con.
ceaed.
Here is the pool" l said rather contemptu.
ousiy' but where are the aligatorsa" At the
same llme was stalking on very boldly with
my mead erect and rather inclined to doubt the
whole affair. A sudden hoarse roar or bark,
however, under my feet, made me execute q
pirouette In the air with extraordinary adroit-
ness and perhaps with more animation than
grace had almost stepped on young croco-
uilian imp, about three feet long, whose bite
small as he was, would have been unpleasant.
presently the genius of the place made his an
Pearance In the shape of wizard, looking old
rakeer, VINO on my presenting him with couple
OF rupees, produced his wand-in other words
long pole-and then proceeded to "cal ND
HIS spirits" On his shouting Gao! Aoi-
come! come" two or three times, the water
suddenly became alive with monsters. Atleast
three score huge allgators, some of them fif
Teen ieet IN length made their appearance, and
came thronging to the shore The whole scene
reminded us of the fairy tales. The solitary
WOOD, the pool with its strange inmates, the
fakeer,s lonely hut on the hillside, the Fakeer
himself, tall, swart and gaunt, the robber look. |
ing Belochee by my side, made up a fantastic
picture. Strange, too, the control our show.
man displayed over his "lions." On his mo.
tionlng with the pole they stopped Gndeed
they had already arrived at disarreeable pro.
Plnquity), and on his calling out "Baitho." sit
down." they lay flat on their stomachs orinning
horrible obedience with their open and expec.
.ant Jaws. Some large pieces of flesh were
'hrown to them, to get which they STRUGGLED.
Vrlthed and fought, and tore the flesh into
reds and gobbets. | was amused with the
aspect the smaller one showed to their over.
'rown seniors. One fellow, about ten feet
ong, was walking up to the feeding ground
rom the water, when he caught glimpse of G
mother much larger just behind him. il was
dd to see the frightened look with which he tt
ldled out of the way, evidently expecting TO a
'se half yard of his tail before he could eff. s
ECU MS retreat. AT a short distance, perhaps L
an mile from the first pool, 7 was shown an. h
ther, In which the water was as warm as one II
'uld bear it for complete immersion, vet even e
ere saw some small alligators. The Fakeer s,
ia me that these brutes were very numerous OF
the river, about fifteen or twenty miles to ca
g west. The monarch of the place, an enor. IA
Gus alligator, to which the Fakeer had given a.
g name of I" Nor Sahed," my Lord Nor" of
ver obeyed the call to come out. As | walk. We
round the pool | was shown where he Law. Fe
tn his head above water, immovable as n loo mi mi
d for which | should have mistaken him bnt nr IL
his small savage eyes, which gltered so that lie
ey seemed to emit sparks. lie was, the Fla. tic
or sald very fierce and dangerous, and at pei
st twenty feet in length me-
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