58 Of Quadruped's. Part L 
Another of the fame Species: 
ACHE QJJ ERT) SHELL from Virginia. ^ 'Tis in 
figure fomewhat like the femal Tortoife jfirft defcnb'ci. Sa- 
ving that it is more convex, and divided into Areas alfo 
fomewhat convex, and with tranfvers Furrows or Notches. 
Tis alfo near the Tail, turned up outward 5 but the hinder 1 
moft part bended inward. 
Another Shell of the fame Species. 
Another, like the firft defcrib'd, excepting alfo, That it 
is more convex 5 and inftead of fpecks, hath long ftreaks, 
and great blotches. 
A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. Itfeemsto. 
be of the Lutarious kind. I find it not defcrib'd, or figurU 
Above a foot long, ten inches broad, convex to the height 
of 3 i The convex, all along the middle , high ndg'd. 
Compofed of Scales , very fmooth , particolour d , of a 
brownifh red and citrine $ in the utmoli edge letfer, and 
almoft fquare, but with acute Angles prolonged towards 
the Tail, and towards the Head doubled downwards. The 
reft are five, fix, and eight times bigger, fet alternately, as 
the Scales in Fifties, or Slate-work upon a houfe. The Con- 
cave is ftrengthened with a Back-Bone, and eight Ribs, ob- 
liquely appendent, on each fide. The Belly-piece is here 
wanting. 
A SEA-TORTOISE. Curioufly figur d by BeJIer. 
RaHomm 113 ' W Defcribed by Aldrovandm and others. He differs 
from the Lznd-Tortoife, chiefly, in having a more rude, 
and fofter (hell, and Feet rather like the Finns of a Fifli, as 
proper to fwim with. As alfo in Bulk. In the Brafilian 
fhore, faid to be big enough, for one fometimes to dine 
(h) Muf.Ro- fourfcore men. (b) In the Indian-Sea. fo big, (c) that the 
(cjibid. Ihellsferve the Natives for Boats. Inthelfland Cuba fo 
great, that they will creep along with five men upon their 
(d) Joh. de Backs, (d) 
Laet - He fquirts the water out at his Noftnls, in the fame 
OORonddet manner as the Dolphin doth at his Spout, (e) In Genera- 
tion, the embraces of the Male and Female continue for a 
hWsDifc" whole Lunary month. (/) They take them, by turning 
qfjam.cap. t j iem on tnar Backs with ftaves, in which pofture they 
ci)Li g .Hift.lie, till they are fetclidaway. (g) As they lie on their 
of Barbados, fi^ks, thev will fometimes fetch deep fighs , and Ihed 
abundance 
