Book X, land of B AR B ADOS, | 
when this Heat hath penetrated thro’ the Ribs, anda cruity hard 
Subftance which covers them, that the feveral foliaceous Lamina, gene- 
ally about fixteen in Number, begin to exfoliate on the outfide : thofe 
‘Tortoife of any confiderable Bignefs; is full twelve Inches long ; and its 
Tefticles. are as delicious as thefe of Lambs: in Cooting-time, the Male 
and Female remain in Coition, eight or nine Days, fome fay more; at 
the Expiration of which Time the Male is fo reduced, that he is fearce 
able to fwim, his Callapee (being the Belly-part) becomes from a hard 
horny Subftance, as foft almoft as a Jelly. The Penis dryed and given 
in Powder, is looked upori by fome to be a fovereign Remedy againft 
the Gravel. 
ting the Throat, (to give vent to the Blood which is always as cold aé 
Water) the Fleth will keep not only uncotrtipted, but tho” cut in Pieces; 
the fore Quarter and Callapee will continue to have a ftrong, lively, muf- 
cular, convulfive Motion, for fourteen, or evén eighteen Hours; for if 
at that Time it is pricked with a Pin or Fork, it will move and contraé& 
itfelf vifibly. Some Part of the Fleth cuts reddifh; refembling coarle 
Beef; another Part as white as a ‘Chicken ; the Fat about the Fins’ 
atid the Guts, is fomewhat Yellowifh, but the far greater Part, clofe td 
the upper and under Shell, ig as green as a Leek; they aré caught of’ 
different Sizes; the largeft that hath been taken in this Ifland, within ° 
my Rememibrance,- did not exceed four-hundted Weight: They are’ 
often ignorantly reprefented to have three Hearts; this Miftake arifes- 
from their having two large Auticles, one on each Side of it ; the Blood in 
this Animal is very grofs, cold and vifcid ; and as the Heart hath but 
