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more easily obtains its prey. In New York, it is called 

 the Snapping Tortoise. 



It was kept alive in the Museum upwards of eight 

 months, during which time it never tasted food. It 

 possessed a most amazing strength, carrying 200tfes. 

 without any apparent inconvenience. Its disposition 

 was exceedingly fierce. 



Logger-head Turtle (Testudo Caretta). 



This Turtle exceeds in size every other knowB 

 species. It inhabits the same seas with the Green 

 Turtle, but is also difiused into very remote latitudes, 

 being often found in the Mediterranean, and about 

 the coasts of Italy and Sicily. In a commercial 

 view, it is of little value ; the flesh being coarse and 

 rank, and the plates of the shell being too thin to be 

 of use. It is a strong, fierce, and eveii dangerous 

 animal. 



Several Tortoises, unknown. 



The Indian Tortoise (Testudo Indica). 



This is the largest known species of the Land 

 Tortoise, the shell being upwards of three feet long, 

 and six feet in circumference. In this specimen the 

 tubercles on the fore part of the shell are wholly 

 wanting. 



The Fimbriated Tortoise (Testudo Fimbriati). 



This is one of the larger species, and most extra- 

 ordinary in its appearance ; it inhabits the rivers of 

 Cayenne and Guiana. 



