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Fig. 44). This species is found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic 

 Ocean, and is, with the Hawk's-bill Tortoise, the only species 

 found on the British coast. Its body is a light brown, with the 

 lines of the carapace fawn-colour ; its members black, edged with 

 yellow. It attains the length of six to eight feet, and a breadth 

 of about one-fifth of the length : it sometimes attains the weight of 

 fourteen to sixteen hundred pounds. Its flesh is said to be un- 

 wholesome, and, on being eaten, to produce severe vomiting and 

 purging. 



