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THE, BUR TERS: 
THE Reptiles have but few representatives inhabiting the ocean 
world, and yet those which are found are celebrated as much for 
their peculiar construction, as for their culinary eminence. As 
the land tortoise, the marine tortoise or Zzztle is enclosed in a 
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TURTLES. 
wonderfully hard cuirass. This is not calcareous but horny. It 
is so constructed that the creature is very secure against the 
attacks of any of the marine marauders. 
The appearance of the Chelonia, for such is the family name, 
is most peculiar. A countryman once saw in the market fair 
of his village, a merchant who offered for sale some land tortoises. 
“ How much are these queer things?” asked Roger. “ Eighteen- 
pence a piece,” answered the dealer in live curiosities. “Eighteen- 
