A MAN-BATING ALLIGATOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5370, 1 February 1879, Page 7

A MAN-BATING ALLIGATOR.

A cokrespondest writing from Chanlbally to an Indian paper, gives some particulars of a miu-tating alligator :—"The riviTS of d Crissa are infested with alligators, and every d now and then one of these creatures acquires if a reputation as a man-o.iter, and is then ll hunt I down. Early last week information i- \va"> jrought to Mr. Chapman, inspector of n police at Chundbiilly, that a man had been ■e carried off. It appears the poor fellow was n lying in his boat with his feet hanging over ie the side, when the alligator made a snap at , i- his feet, pull: d him into the water, and made it off. On receiving this report Mr. Chapman ie manned his buat and set off to the Damrah to river, some miles from Chandbally, in puris suit. After several hours search the vmijijcr ie was seen crossing the river, aud was allowed [y to gain the opposite bank. After crawling r- up the hank, it proceeded to make a meal of pt hia victim, and whilst so engaged, was, by a is- lucky shot, killed on the spot. The inof abeetor had it cut open, and was found in its sir stomach 26 pairs of brass anklets and bangles, le- weighing no less than 14 seers. There were ; a also two sets of gold ear-rings, and a number lis of toe-rings. It is supposed this alligator lis must have devoured four women, five chillis dron, and an unknown nnmber of persons ri- who wore no jewellery. Mr. Chapman deserves credit for his promptness."