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THE CORIACEOUS TURTLE. 



able her enemies to trace out her nest, she adopts the 

 expedient of curving her course,- so as to regain the sea by 

 a different track. Then, after depositing the eggs, and 

 burying them about eighteen inches deep, she carefully 

 smooths over the surface to render the precise spot in- 

 discernible. But the Singhalese neutralize her device by 

 sounding her line of march with a rod until they come 

 upon the hidden treasure. 



THE CORIACEOUS TU11TLK. 



The peculiarity of the Coriaceous Turtle (Sphargis 

 coriacea) is its outer coat or covering, which consists of 

 a substance resembling stout coarse leather, obscurely 



