CHAPTER XIV. 



THE PET-HOUSE. 



Some remarkable pets Young turtles Bon, the goat Bess and 

 Jack The pet-house The gulls, pelicans, and crabs The tame 

 gopher, chickens, and pigeons The little turtles Growth of 

 coral. 



of the turtles had suc- 

 ceeded in laying forty or 

 fifty eggs before it was 

 caught at Loggerhead Key, 

 and these Long John had 

 brought home, giving some 

 to the boys and eating the 

 rest. Tom buried his in the 

 sand in an inclosure, and was 

 rewarded in time with a 

 dozen young loggerhead tur- 

 tles that afforded no little 

 amusement, and soon became interesting pets. 

 The instinct of these little creatures was re- 



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