CARRYING A MEDIUM-SIZED TORTOISE. TAGUS COVE, ALBEMARLE ISLAND. 
IN THE HOME OF THE GIANT VORR@ISs=: 
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Illustrations from photographs by the author. 
HE Galapagos Islands, lying about 600 miles off the coast 
of South America, have long been known to be the home 
of large land tortoises. Over 100 years ago the captains of 
whaling vessels touching there often sent a part of their crews 
ashore to procure tortoises for meat, and at one or two of the 
harbors the names of sailors and their vessels can still be seen 
