CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXII 



TURTLES AND TURTLE-CATCHING 



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Turtles and tortoisesThe terrapin or snapper Catching 

 turtles with fish The remora Shooting with tethered 

 arrows Turtle-diving Tortoise-shell A horrible method 

 of obtaining it The hawk's-bill Its shell Seining for 

 turtles in South America The Galapagos tortoise The 

 green turtle Method of taking him . . . . 284 



CHAPTER XXIII 



AFTER THE SEAL AND THE WALRUS 



The pinnipeds The seals and their young Seal-hunting 

 among the Eskimos The seal as a fighter The Eskimos' 

 summer season Varieties of seals Sealing among civilised 

 fleets Methods Dangers of the work A seal-massacre 

 How the seal-colonies are founded Sea-elephants, sea-lions, 

 and sea-bears The walrus His enemies A big catch 

 Modern methods of walrus-hunting . . . . 297 



