AT JAVA. 1.751. M9 



an out-rigger of bamboo, going in the water 

 on one*fide, which makes it morefecure m . 



Java tortoifes (Tejiudo Javanica) were fold 

 here two for a piaftre. They were both females. 

 They are dreft for eating in the fame man- 

 ner as the tortoifes in the Afcenfion Ifland, as 

 will be found in the fequel ; but the latter 

 are much larger, and of a quite different kind, 

 as will appear from this defcription : the upper 

 jaw is ftriated inwardly ; the lower is dentated : 

 the upper Jbield is of a reddifh brown, and 

 ftriated: the five middlemoft. fcutella are pen- 

 tagonal : next to them are, on each fide, four 

 oblong pentagons, crofs-ways ; and on the 

 margin are twenty-five lelfer oblong quadrila- 

 teral ones: the Jbield on the belly is yellowifh- 

 white, and reticulated : on each fide are eight 

 ribs: the paws and feet are entire, but fome- 

 what notched orr the inner fide. 



After we had paid a vifit to the inhabi- 

 tants of Java for about a quarter of an hour, 

 and bought a hundred cocoa-nuts for one pefi 

 duro, the above tortoifes, and other things, 

 we returned on-board, where we arrived about 



•"See Lord Anfon's Voyage, book iii. chap. 5. 



L 3 twelve 



