Big Alligators

' At the end of a chapter on alligators in his book, "Hnnting and ïishing in Florida," Mr. Charles B. Cory, curator -oí the department of ornithology in the Field Colnmbian museum, Chicago, gives an entry whioh he once saw in the register of the Broek Honse. ín the old days, when transportation was more difficult than it is at present, tbe Broek Honse was about the end of civilization and was a 24 hours' trip by boat from Jacksonville. It was at that time a great resort for sportsmen, who ■were attracted there by the flshing and booting to be had in the vicinity. The old register, whioh extended back a great many years, contained tome qneer records,' some of them of donbtfui veracity. Aiuong others, some one had written : "March 19, 1872, killed a large alligator, the largest seen here this year. The storuach oontained a boot, a piece f pine wood, a fisherman's float and Bome small fish. " Immediately beneath this record was another, evidently added by some wag: "March 24, killed a much bigger alligator than the oue nentioned above. Tbe stomach contained a gold watch, $10,000 in government boudsand a cord ot wood." On the next page, written in a neat, nnobtrusive style, was inscribed the following: "Shot the biggest alligator ever known in Florida. Tbe stomach conJtained the remaius of a steam launch, 5 lot of old railway iron aud a quantity of melted ice, proving that it existed daring the glacial epocb. "