The Hiflory of 



Book 1. 



CARJLTS. 



He third kind cff 5ea-Tortoife, called by the French Ca- 



much lefs, and that it lays not its egges in the fand, but in a kind 

 of gravel which is mixt with (mall pebbles: The meat of this 

 Tortoife is not pleafant , but the egges more delicate then 

 thofe of the other two kinds : It would be as little regarded as 

 the Caouanne, were it not (ought after for its precious (hell : It 

 confifts of fifteen greater and leffer leaves or pieces, ten where- 

 of are flat and even, four a little bending, and that which co- 

 vers the neck, made triangle-wife, hollow like a little buckler : 

 All the (hells of an ordinary Caret may weigh three or four 

 pound 5 but there have been fome taken whofe (hells haVe been 

 fb large and fo thick, rhat all together have weigh'd about fix 

 or (even pounds. 



Of the (hell of this kind of Tortoife are made Combs, Cups, 

 Boxes, Cafes, Cabinets, and fo many excellent things of great 

 price : It alfo enriches Houfhold-ftuff, the borders of Lcoking- 

 glaffes and Pictures, and is ufed now in the covering of Pocket- 

 books of Devotion. To get this precious (hell, they put a lit- 

 tle (ire under the upper (hell which confifts of fo many pieces $ 

 and as foon as they feel the heat they are eafily taken off with 

 the point of a knife. 



Some affirm, that this kind of Tortoife is fo vigorous, that 

 its (hell being taken away it will get another if it be immediate- 

 ly caft into the Sea. The moft plentiful (idling forthefeTor- 

 toifes is at the PeninjuU of Jacatan, and feveral little Iflands 

 within the Gulf of Hondures : So that honeft Prrard was 

 ill-inform'd, who in his Treatife of the Animals and Fruits 

 of the Eaji-Indies^ Chap. 2. affirmes, that this kinde of Tor- 

 toife is to be found only in the Maldives and the Fhilippine- 

 Ijlands. 



It is affirmed by fome, that the oyl of this kind of Tortoife 

 helpeth all kinds of Gouts proceeding from cold caufes : It is 

 alfo very fuccefsfully ufed to ftrengthen the Sinews, to take 

 away the pain of the Reins, and cure all cold Fluxions and 

 Diftempers. 



Having given fo particular an account of the Tortoifes, 

 it will not be amifs to adde thereto the manner how they 

 are fifti'd for , and how all the great fifhes of the Caribbus 

 are taken. 



others in bignefs , as bein; 



Horn 



