AFRICAN TORTOISE, 
of destroyer, except that which is self-named 
Euman. 
The Land Tortoise, from it*s habits, making_ 
most use of it*s feet in walking, is much nim- 
bler on land than the Sea Turtle. The Tor- 
toise, when thrown on it's back, by rocking 
and balancing it's body like the motion of an 
infant rocked in a cradle, at length turns itself 
again on it's belly; but the Turtle, once 
turned, remains without the power of recoverr 
ing itself, or ever moving from the spot. It 
is remarkable that the brain of the, Tortoise, 
though small, is three times as large as that of 
the Turtle; yet the latter animal has been 
known to weigh more than eight hundred 
weight, while the former is only, ia general, 
from a single foot to five feet ia length, mea- 
suring from the end of the snout to the extre- 
mity of the tail, and from five inches to a foot 
and a half across the back. 
. The Tortoise lives chiefly in holes dug in 
the tnountains, or near marshy lakes. It has 
a small head, somewhat resembling that of a 
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