Fishing in North Carolina. Ib'c 



tunities afforded by the moon, aud they there- 

 fore think that the sun should bear some part 

 ©f the burden of caring for the family. 



Thirty or forty eggs is a very fair turtle out- 

 put in any one year. These eggs are elliptical 

 in shape and thick-skinned ; if dented the form 

 will never be resumed. The still, or Dutch 

 oven, having baked the eggs until the young 

 turtles conclude to come to life, it only serves 

 a few days as a sort of jail wher'ein the pris- 

 oners, which then resemble pumpkin bugs, are 

 protected from snakes and other enemies. Their 

 shells soon harden, they scratch oixt of prison 

 and are ready for the fray of life. They must 

 look out for number one from the start. Their 

 own mother does not begin to know them, and 

 the only protection the daddy would give them 

 would be in his stomach; in fact, they must be 

 wary of any living thing whose mouth is bigger 

 than their own or who has any grudge to 

 gratify. 



The buck turtle has no parental cares to hold 

 him down, he does not even assist in building 

 the nursery for the young; in fact, he is as 



