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shrieks, or cries, that may be heard at a considerable distance — 

 a power which, in an inferior degree, seems to belong to most 

 of the fluviatile and marine chelonians. 



The turtles generally live on marine plants, but the Caouana, 

 or Loggerhead (Ckelonia caouana), 

 and the Hawksbill (C. imbricata), 

 feed on crustaceans and cuttle-fish, 

 whicli they can easily crush in their 

 strong, horny beak. The Caouana and 

 the coriaceous turtles are frequently 

 found in the Mediterranean, and on 

 the coasts of South America and 

 Africa. Both are of no commercial importance ; their shell is 

 almost useless, and their flesh, which, like that of the alligator, 

 exhales a strong smell of musk, is extremely coarse and ill- 

 flavoured. 



Loggerhead. 



