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Saturday. This tortoise was very fat with large Hght- 

 colored liver, just the opposite to those found on Duncan. 

 This probably is on account of the difference in food, those 

 on this island getting more green food, while the Duncan 

 tortoises get dry grass and lichen also. We are going in to- 

 morrow for the large male. The female had very few eggs 

 in the ovaries, all in yolk form. 



Jan. 16, 1906. — King, Beck, and myself went into the in- 

 terior and brought out the big tortoise found on Saturday, the 

 13th. This tortoise had more fat than any other male taken 

 thus far. As a rule they do not have nearly so much as the 

 females. 



Jan. 17, 1906. — King, Beck, and myself went in again 

 after tortoises. Found three, but one got away. Skinned a 

 small female, and brought her down to the ship. We are 

 going in after another female that is tied up. King found the 

 big male that got away. 



Jan. 18, 1906. — Went in again after tortoises, and skinned 

 and carried out a male tortoise found yesterday. Beck found 

 another female today, and also the big male that got away. 

 We now have two females and a large male tied up, and are 

 going in tomorrow with all hands to get the two females. The 

 tortoise skinned today was found eating cactus, and its stom- 

 ach was full. The bladder was full of water. Lots of cactus 

 spines were stuck in the throat. All the tortoises taken during 

 this visit here were found about three and one-half miles 

 inland. 



Jan. 19, 1906. — Went in after the two female tortoises 

 which had been left tied up. We find the females have much 

 larger livers than the males. One of the tortoises taken today 

 is about the largest female we have found. 



Jan. 20, 1906. — Went in and brought out the tortoise 

 which escaped from us on the 17th. He had traveled about 

 two miles in an afternoon. He was fairly fat for a male, and 

 had a stub tail, probably due to some accident when small. 



July 11, 1906.— Sailed for Puerta de I'Aguada and an- 

 chored at eleven in the mornmg. 



July 12, 1906. — Went in after a tortoise with King and 

 Beck. In the same country where we had hunted before we 

 found numerous trails and signs of tortoises. We ran across 



