Field Notebook: New York, Pennsylvania, Washington District of Columbia 1906 - 1908
Page 12
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Transcription
One in evening do little more than ruddles both being directed the same way in each ruddle movement, or to turn time side the posture again. They swam slowly down on the bottom looking at it intently. Evidently hunting for buried food. Observing me would pick up a pebble tossing it in the mouth and then again dropping it. Do not discern food easily and may have missed it when hungry. Restless animals, evidently just swimmers. See later for feeding. Alligators when at rest with the nostrils above the water opened the eyes irregularly, gazing for the me minutes of air and the mouth carried an open-cloth opening. American Crocodile asleep under water raised head to the surface for one in 8 minutes apart. Fishes swim by gently movement of their body and particularly by the tail movement. Small movements produce darting motion. Fin is a rule for guidance, are position in water. When the tail is emaul as in the Sword Fish