CURIOUS WARES

Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1932, Page 8

CURIOUS WARES

■SIX-FOOT REPTILE ON BICYCLE

A PILLION CROCODILI:

NAIROBI, Juno 18

Riding a bicycle, a native arrived in Main Street, Kampala, the other day. stopped at a large store, walked in and asked if they bought crocodiles.

The salesman said he would like to see the sample first. The native returned outside, wher e a crowd was co 1 - iected around hjs cycle. Fastened along ■ tlie main bar was a 6ft crocodile’ with his head hanging over the front wir e cd his 'tail.,curled along the .luggage caTrier. The native .wheeled ibis ware into the s' I ,op. After a long discus,'ion, tir crocodile changed hands for ss. Presently the purchaser, worried by ,th<i daath-jli<ke Appearance of saurian, dashed after the seller a"' ■said,. “Come back, the croc’s dead •*- “Only tired, Baas. Put him water.” The purchaser produced a long On bath, wherein he put the front end ol the crocodile. Presently the repti.es eyes began to flicker, the tail the jaws -snapped and h e hopped out of the bath.

Tfen- seconds later the shop was deserted—no salesman, no customer, nothing except a bad tempered crocodile.

With som e difficulty, and in the interest of the trade, the reptile • was caught, fed into a sack and then taken hurriedly to Lake Victoria, where it was dumped. He can now drink as much water as he likes.