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does not come up to that of Mr. McDonald's, though the difference 

 in sex may in some way account for this. There is a specimen of a 

 huge Tortoise in the British Museum from the Aldabra Island, 

 which weighed 8701bs., and is called Testudo Elephantina. Many 

 of this latter species have been exported to the Seychelles, where 

 they thrive well. 



Rotumah. Gigantic Tortoise. Gladesville. 

 Adelaide Cottage. Ceylon. Tortoise. 



Length of nose to tail... 6ft. 2in. 5ft. 3m. 5ft. 10 Jin. no tail. 



Ditto shell 4ft. 7£m. 4ft. 7in. 4ft. 



Across ditto 5ft. lOJin. 4ft. 3in. 5ft. 



Girth 8ft. 3in. 6ft. 7Jin. 



Height lying down 2ft. 2^in. 



Ditto standing up ...3ft. lin. 2ft. 3in. 



Length under shell 3ft. 2ft 4^in. 



Front leg under knee. . . lft. 7 Jin. 



Ditto round elbow . 2ft. ljin. lft. 5in. 



Ditto round foot ...... 1 ft. 1 1 in . 



Hindleg, instep lft. 9Jin. 



Round head lft. 7in. lft. 3in. 



Weight.. .5 cwt., 2 qrs. and 261bs. 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The following communication from Baron von Miiller on the 

 Orthography of the name of Linnaeus was read. 



As a Society, bearing the great name of Linnaeus, must be 

 particularly interested in the exact manner in which that name 

 should be written, a translation is herewith offered from a letter 

 by the celebrated Algologist, Professor Dr. J. Agardh, of Lund, to 

 Baron Yon Miiller, on this subject, concerning which, after some 

 recent writings of the latter, a controversy had arisen. 



" You desire to know how the name of Linne has been written 

 with us. In olden times it was customary in Sweden, that 

 University Students chose a particular name, and to this often 

 added the Latin syllable -us. Especially among Divines were such 

 names very usual ; thus we have had Archbishop Rydeling, 



