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were both of good size, being described as about 

 thirteen or fourteen inches in length, measured over 

 the carapace." 



No clue to the specific identity of these specimens 

 now remains, but the following note on a species 

 certainly indigenous to the West Indies will be read 

 with interest. I am indebted for it to my indefati- 

 gable (Tvvspyog. " The other day, on my showing 

 Mr. Millar my Marsh Turtle, he related to me some 

 curious anecdotes of a Land Tortoise that he has 

 now possessed for several years. His animal is a 

 native of Antigua, where the species is indigenous. 

 As the Kinixys Homeana is assigned to the neigh- 

 bouring island of Guadaloupe, I should conjecture 

 that his will prove to be that species also. A garden 

 and grass lands, with thickets here and there covering 

 a space of some three acres, are attached to the resi- 

 dence of Mr. Millar in Antigua ; and over this in- 

 closure his Tortoise is at liberty to pursue without 

 restraint the impulses of his instinct. He shelters 

 himself in the sultry hours of the day by sauntering 

 among the shadows of the trees, or creeping within 

 the covert of the house. He is extremely sen- 

 sible of all the changes in the air that have a 

 relation to rain. When a shower threatens, he 

 shows more activity than ordinary ; he then walks 

 vrith stiffened limbs, — that is, he assumes then what 

 may be characterised as his erect attitude, and moves 

 nimbly, if we may so speak of the motions of a Tor- 

 toise. He disappears during the rainy seasons for a 

 space of three months. It is not known where he 

 conceals himself; but he reappears regularly, and, 



