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  BABCOCK: 
  NEW 
  ENGLAND 
  TURTLES. 
  

  

  it, 
  as 
  he 
  knows 
  of 
  nothing 
  that 
  preys 
  upon 
  it. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  httle 
  spotted 
  water 
  turtle 
  is 
  as 
  

   shy 
  as 
  if 
  he 
  were 
  the 
  delicate 
  tidbit 
  that 
  every 
  creature 
  was 
  searching 
  for. 
  ... 
  I 
  did 
  once 
  find 
  

   one 
  which 
  a 
  fox 
  had 
  dug 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  mud 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  carried 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  and 
  dropped 
  on 
  the 
  

   snow, 
  as 
  if 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  he 
  had 
  no 
  use 
  for 
  it." 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  sometimes 
  dug 
  up 
  and 
  eaten 
  by 
  

   skunks. 
  

  

  Economic 
  Importance. 
  — 
  The 
  Spotted 
  Turtle 
  has 
  no 
  commercial 
  value. 
  

  

  