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iting ground, and carried on the deck of a vessel several 

 hundred miles, would, if then let loose, certainly be met 

 with at the same spot, either immediately after, or in the 

 following breeding season. Should this prove true, and 

 it certainly may, how much will be enhanced the belief 

 of the student in the uniformity and solidity of nature's 

 arrangements, when he finds that the turtle, like a migra- 

 tory bird, returns to the same locality, with perhaps a de- 

 light similar to that experienced by the traveller who, 

 after visiting different countries, once more returns to the 

 bosom of his cherished family." 



