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tures are not noted for activity. When captured, 

 Buster took matters easy, simply blinking hard and 

 puffing indignantly. It took twelve men some days 



FjG. 82.— A giant tortoise. 

 By permission of the New York Zoological Society. 



to get him from volcanic ground down to the coast, 

 about fourteen miles away. 



Without much difficulty, Buster can carry two 

 men on his back. His limbs resemble the extremities 

 of a small elephant, and are fitting illustrations of his 

 strength. During the summer, he and his four com- 

 panions — which cost the neat sum of one thousand dol- 

 lars — are fed upon watermelons. Buster's share of 



