358 THE WORLD OF THE SEA. 
pence! It’s a good deal for a thing like a frog ; 
g; and what will you 
take for one w7thout the box ?” : 
The Logger-headed Turtle (Caouana caretta) is often cast up 
upon our coasts; it is common in the Mediterranean, the Red 
Sea, Madagascar, and the Maldive Islands. It is the queen of 
the turtles; it is usually about four feet long, and weighs 400 or 
500 Ibs. Its carapace is covered with horny plates, the well- 
known tortoise-shell. 
The Green Turtle (Chelonia viridis or midas) is a native of 
THE LOGGER-HEADED TURTLE. 
(Caouana caretta.) 
the Atlantic Ocean. It is met with sometimes a great way 
from land, and may be easily taken when asleep on the surface 
of the water, where it has come to breathe. This turtle attains 
a larger size than the logger-headed turtle, being often found 
six feet long. Its carapace is a chestnut colour, shot here and 
there with green patches. 
Many have been the fables about the size of turtles. Pliny 
writes that there are found in the Indies turtles whose shell 
can completely cover a house, and that the inhabitants of the 
shores of the Red Sea frequently make their ships of the cara- 
pace of a turtle. Some travellers assert that in the Antilles it is 
not an uncommon occurrence to find a turtle upon whose back 
