78 



PLACB. 



TORTOISE. 



of lateral plates, divided by narrow elegant futures j the lower row 

 terminates in iliarp points, tending backwards. 



This and the two following kinds inhabit the Bahama ifles, and breed 

 on them. This is the fpecies which yields the beautiful fhell, formerly 

 highly efteemed for cabinet works. 



3. LOGGERHEAD, 



PLACE. 



Telludo marina Caouanna difta, Rail Syn. ^ad. 257. 

 La Caouanne, Rochfort Antill. i. 501. 

 Loggerhead T. Catejby,\\. 40. 



'T^ With a large head, with a triple order of plates from the back to 

 the fides. 

 This fpecies ranges from the Bahamas midway to the Azores ; having 

 been ftruck, fleeping on the water, in lat. 30. north. Are very vora- 

 cious, bold, and very foul feeders. They live much on fhells, and 

 have ftrength to grind or break with their mouths the ftrongeft buccina. 

 Their flefli is rank, and little efteemed. 



The Trunk Tortoife, Catejhy, ii. 40. 



4. TRUNK. ^°T^ Of a narrow form, but very deep : the upper fliell, being very con- 

 vex, grows to a great fize : the flelh rank, but much oil is ex- 

 tfafted from it, which alone makes it valuable. 

 PLACE. Defcribed, but never feen, by Mr. Catejhy ^ who gives the above ac- 



count from relation. 



5. RIVER. New Tortoife. Soft-flielled Turtle, P/a Tr. 1 77 1 . p. z66. 



"With a depreffed body ; in the middle hard and boney, towards 



the edges flexible, and refembling thick tan-leather; in many 



parts tuberculated : xSxtJiernum fmooth and white, reaching, in form of 



a faddle, about two thirds the length of the lower part, the reft covered 



with a Ikin.^ 



Head 



