A History of Agriculture in India v2.c69.s3.4

v2.c69.s3.4

‘The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is another. It is said to grow large; many in the army saw it in the Saru (Gogra) river. It is said to take people; while we were on that river’s banks, it took one or two slave-women and it took three or four camp-followers between Ghazipur and Banaras. In that neighbourhood I saw one but from a distance only and not quite clearly.