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hatched spawn will probably reveal to anyone sev- 

 eral of these freaks, but unlike the turtles and 

 snakes 



THE FREAK FISHES 



do not live after the egg is absorbed, apparently 

 they are unable to feed themselves and conse- 

 quently as soon as the time comes when it is nec- 

 essary for them to root, hog, or die, they die. 



Not far from Tomkinsville, Kentucky, about 

 fifty-five years ago, a gentleman, still living, dis- 

 covered 



A LAND TORTOISE 



with the name of D. Boone and the date 1776 

 carved on its back. It is more than possible that 



this was carved 

 by some one as 

 a joke. Fifteen 

 years ago, how- 

 e v e r, another 

 man in the same 

 neighbor- 

 hood found the 

 same old tor- 

 toise and five 

 years ago some 

 wood choppers 

 picked up the 

 same old land 

 tortoise with the 

 D. Boone, 1776, 



AT THE OUTLET OF BIG TINK. Still plainly dlS- 



