CARRYING A All.lill \1 -l/l'. 



KIOISE. TAGUS CO\K, A 1 lUM \ KI.F. ISLAND. 



IN THE HOME OF THE GIANT TORTOISE. 



By R. H. beck. 

 Illustrations from p/iotograplis by tJic author. 



THE Galapagos Islands, lying about 600 miles off the coast 

 of South America, have long been known to be the home 

 of large land tortoises. Over 100 years ago the captains of 

 whaling vessels touching there often sent a part of their crews 

 ashore to procure tortoises for meat, and at one or two of the 

 harbors the names of sailors and their vessels can still be seen 



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