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Of the Tortoife and Turtle kind 



ESTUDO 1. Major \ unguibus utrinque qua- 



tuor. 



The Hawk's-bill Turtle, 



The flefh of this fp 



frequently ufed in all parts of A, 



is not 



fo delicate nor fo much efteemed as that of the g 



the moft valued, being generally the thickeft and beft coloured 



but its fcales 



TESTUDO 2. Unguibus pal 



Jingularibus 



duobusy pi 



The ereen Turtle 



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This fpecies is frequent on the coafts of Jamaica, where it is often caugl 

 generally bought and fold, like beef, in all the markets. It is delicate tender food 



while you 



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but 



greeable to the ftomach in thofe 

 lly reckoned great reftorat 



grows old it grows more tough and griftly, and is not fo 



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however, 



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nd often obferved to heal and fmooth the f] 



fcorbutic and leprous habits ; nay, is faid to cure even the moft obftinate venereal 



taints. 



The fcales of this fpecies are ufed like thofe of the foregoing, but thev 

 fo thick nor fo beautifully clouded. 



TESTUDO 3. Unguibus utrinque binis acut is, 



J'quamis dorji quinque gibbis. S The Loggerhead Turtle. 

 Teftudo, &c. Cat. ii. t. 39. 



This fpecies is not very common about Jamaica, and feems to be rather a na- 

 tive of more northern climates, being generally found in greateft abundance about 

 the Wejlern IJlands and the neighbouring ocean. The head is of a moderate fize, 

 but the^mouth is wider, and the bill longer and flronger than that of the other forts. 

 The fkin about the neck and the infertion of the tins is rugged and warty; the back 

 part of the fhell more gibbous and prominent than in the other fpecies ; and each of 

 the five upper fcales terminates in a pointed bunch behind ; but all are pretty thick 

 and well coloured : in the whole, it is extremely like the other fpecies. 



The Turtle from which this defcription is made, was taken up near the W 'eji cm 

 IJlands many leagues out at fea. The back was covered with mofs, and barni- 

 cles; and the crab, Tab. 42. f. r. 

 anus; the guts were full of Galatea s and Medufa's, which, with a few branches 

 of fome lea-weeds, made up all its nourishment ; yet it was fat and rich, but of 

 a ftrong, rank, nihey tafte. I eat fome, and it agreed pretty well with my ftomach. 

 // is ajlrong incc?itive. 



was found fticking in the wrinkles about the 





TESTUDO 4. Minima lacujlris, unguibus palmar -urn, 



quinisy plantarum quaternis, tejla^ The Terrapin. 



dcprefa. 



This fpecies is pretty frequent about all the lagoons and moraffes in J 



and 



chiefly among the weeds that grow in thofe pi 



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iTed 



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d feldom exceeds eisjht 



The body is generally of 



nine mc 



hes 



in length 



It 



ferved up at gentlemen's tables in that ifland, and looked upon as del 



holefome food by many people 



(a) Thefe lie contiguous to each other, on the furface of the ftrong boxicy trunk that indoles the 



entrails of the creature. 



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