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and eight hundred pounds. Pennant relates that 

 one taken off the coast of Scarborough was pur- 

 chased by a family, who invited several persons 

 to partake of its flesh. A gentleman present told 

 the guests that it was unwholesome, but one per- 

 son persisting to eat of it was seized with violent 



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purging and vomiting. This case, however, can 

 hardly be considered conclusive as to its unwhole- 

 someness, if what Pennant adds be correct, that 

 the Carthusians are said to eat of the flesh of 

 no other Turtle. The appearance of the meat is 

 said to be coarse, and the flavour bad ; though 

 it is usually very fat. 



