LEATHERY TURTLE. 1% 
The following are the dimensions of the parts in my pos- 
session of the large specimen to which I have before referred, 
the total length of which was eight feet. 
In. Lines. 
Length of the head : : 11 
Greatest breadth of the head 
Breadth between the orbits 
Length of the fore-paddles 
Greatest breadth of the fore-paddles . 
Length of the hinder-paddles_ . . 
Breadth of the hinder-paddles ; 
Length of tail . 5 
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Supposing the neck to have ae Sia ‘acbea the upper 
shell would have been nearly six feet and a half in length. 
Although such is the meagre total of our claim to indi- 
genous species of the Testudinata, there appears to be no 
obvious reason why many of the land and fresh-water 
species should not be naturalized, or at least bred in a 
domesticated state, in our southern counties. Every one 
knows that the T'estudo Greca, or common land Tortoise, 
will live for a great number of years in this country with- 
out any particular care; nor do I doubt that the common 
fresh-water species of Europe, T'errapene Europea, might 
be readily introduced here, as well as several species of 
Emys from the United States. They would probably re- 
quire some little attention for the first few winters; but I 
believe they may in a short time be completely acclimated. 
