"One is so near to another that no air can come between them. "They are joined one to another, they stick together that they cannot be sundered. "His snortings make light to shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning dawn. "Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. "His breath kindleth live coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. "In his neck abideth strength, and before him danceth terror. "The flakes of his flesh are joined together, they are firm in themselves; yea, as hard as nether millstone. "When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they lose themselves. "The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. "He esteemeth iron as straw, and copper as rotten wood. "The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. "Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. [Illustration: CROCODILE ATTACKING HORSES.] "His under parts are like sharp points of potsherd; he speaketh sharp points upon the mire. "He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. "He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. "Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. "He beholdeth all high things; he is a king over all the children of pride." This splendid description points as clearly to the Crocodile as the description of the Behemoth which immediately precedes it does to the hippopotamus, and it is tolerably evident that the sacred poet who wrote these passages must have been personally acquainted with both the Crocodile and the hippopotamus. In both descriptions there are a few exaggerations, or rather, poetical licences. For example, the bones of the hippopotamus are said to be iron and copper, and the Crocodile is said to kindle live coals with his breath. These, however, are but the natural imagery of an Oriental poet, and, considering the subject, we may rather wonder that the writer has not introduced even more fanciful metaphors. DESCRIPTION OF THE CROCODILE. There are several species of Crocodile in different parts of the world, ten species at least being known to science. Some inhabit India, some tropical America, some Asia, and some Africa, so that the genus is represented in nearly all the warmer parts of the world. They are all known by the formation of the teeth, the lower canines fitting each into a notch on the side of the upper jaw. The feet are webbed to the tips, and though the reptile mostly propels itself through the water by means of its tail, it can also paddle itself gently along by means of its feet.