Reptiles Turtles 
mutilate the smaller ones. The wood turtle and box 
turtle may be kept in wired enclosures in the garden, 
but they should have access to sunken basins of 
water. The land tortoise must have an absolutely 
dry situation. 
FOOD 
Turtles do not need to be fed but once a week when 
in captivity. The day after feeding, the water in the 
aquarium should be changed. All except the land 
tortoise are fond of raw fish and liver, which must be 
chopped. Care should be taken to prevent a turtle 
from walking off a table, for if the shell is cracked the 
creature is likely to die. Since the turtles every- 
where, except in the extreme South, hibernate in 
winter, they naturally become sluggish at this season, 
and do not eat as freely as they do in the summer. 
REFERENCES 
THE ReEpTILE Boox, R. L. Ditmars. 
FresH Water Aquarium, Eggeling and Ehrenberg. 
DENIZENS OF THE DEEP, Frank P. Bullen. 
Hanppook or Nature-Stupy, A. B. Comstock. 
“Turtle Eggs for Agassiz,” THe Face or THE Fietps, D. L. 
Sharp. 
TO DANIEL 
A pet painted terrapin who was fond of music. 
You are a charming terrapin, with pink and scalloped shell, 
You have your gold-rimmed eyes and accomplishments as well. 
You are charming when you swim and when in sunshine warm 
you sit 
With legs and head and pointed tail all stretched out, every bit. 
Amusing too you always are when on your back you lie 
And right yourself on pivot nose,—it is fun to see you try. 
But tell me, Daniel, honestly, when to music strains you come, 
Do they appeal unto your soul or to your little “tum?” 
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