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TESTUDINATA. EMYDID^. 



tuce and other leaves, bread, &c. " It may be 

 even conveniently kept in a cellar, and fed on 

 oats, which, being scattered on the floor, take 

 root there, and as they begin to sprout up, afford 

 a wholesome nutriment to this reptile." We are 

 informed by Wolff that the peasants in Prussia 

 keep numbers of these creatures in troughs for 

 a year or two, and fatten them up. 



EUROPEAN MARSH TORTOISE. 



On approaching a pond where these reptiles 

 abound, numbers of them may be seen of various 

 sizes, from that of a penny upwards, sitting 

 motionless on the twigs and branches of fallen 

 trees, or the projecting points of any other sub- 

 stance that is partly submerged. They are very 



