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IN NATURE'S WAYS 



journey to England. Others of our garden tortoises 

 have been brought from Greece, or other European 

 countries where they are abundant. 

 All tortoises and turtles lay white eggs, which they 



'/ be over a hundred' 



bury in the ground, leaving the eggs, as also the young 

 when hatched, to take their chance in life. The female 

 Greek tortoise deposits late in summer from two to 

 four eggs in a hole made with tail and hind feet. 

 The young soon come out. Like all reptiles, they are 

 well developed when hatched, and can move and feed 



