TURTLES. 



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cutting their throats. About three hundred Tur- 

 tle, of four or five hundred pounds each, lay on 

 the sand, or swam about in the ponds ; a sight to 

 set an alderman mad with delight. 



" In the hot months of January, February, 

 March, and April, the females land at night ; and 

 waddling over the sands in the various bays of 



TURNING TURTLE. 



the island far above high-water mark, — for by a 

 pole in the ponds, the tide only rises here two 

 feet, — they scrape up, by alternate scoops of their 

 flippers, a hole deep enough to cover their bodies. 

 Into this they get, sighing heavily, and deposit 



