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CAPT. W. W. WILSON, formerly harbour-master of Levuka, Fiji, has sent me a photograph of a crocodile taken by Mr. G. Missen. This animal landed alive on Rotuma in July, 1913, being afterwards speared by the natives. Rotuma lies 260 miles due north of the Yasawas, the most westerly islands of the Fiji group, and 600 miles east of the New Hebrides and Santa Cruz groups; the nearest Solomon islands are upwards of 300 miles further west.
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GARDINER, J. A Crocodile on Rotuma. Nature 103, 264 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103264b0
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