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tortoise was seeu on a trail a few rods away, travelling tDwanl theiu. On Abingdon 

 there are ren/fc/t; if any, left. We covered the major portion of the likely ground, 

 and tlie absence of fresh trails everywhere shows tliev are nearlv extinct. From what 



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we saw on the different islands, further investigations as to their lifi' histories shonld 

 be made soon, if mucli more is to be learned. It is jiossible that tortoise are in the 

 la'-ge crater on Nurboronj^li. Imt, so fur, no one seems to liave eiinibnl into it." 



