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8. “ Look at this turtle’s limbs,” he added, as he 
picked up a small turtle from the table. “ The 
toes are inclosed in a hard covering, so that the 
feet are formed into flippers, and serve as excellent 
swimming-paddles. They remind us of the flippers 
of the seal. When alive this little reptile was a 
capital swimmer, though it was almost helpless on 
the land. You see that its fore-limbs are much 
longer than the hind pair, and that its carapace, 
as the upper part of its case is called, is much 
flattened. 
9 . “ The green turtle is made use of as food, an 
excellent soup being made from it, and its eggs are 
also good to eat. 
“ The horny plates of the hawk’s-bill turtle fur- 
nish us with the ‘ tortoise-shell ’, so largely used for 
making pretty articles.” 
“ I think that the lizards are the prettiest of all 
the reptiles,” said Arthur. 
10. “Some of them are indeed graceful creatures,” 
said Mr. Johnson, “and Jamaica seems to be a 
favourite place with them, judging by their vast 
numbers. Here is an iguana,” he added, at the 
same time holding up a lizard with a ridge of pointed 
scales on its back and long tail, and a large fold of 
skin under its throat. The Iguana family is a very 
large one, and although these lizards are not of very 
pleasing appearance, to some people their flesh is an 
agreeable food. 
