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They are llkewife very flrong, and of a lively 
whitifli colour, becaufe they are generally, if not 
always, covered with the upper plate, which, as I faid 
before, is extended a great way behind. 
“ The tail is large and thick, and generally as long 
as the hind part of the upper plate. The anus is 
placed about an inch from the extremity of the tail 
on the infide. 
“ The Turtle, from which thefe charadters were 
taken, was a female ; after flae came into my polfedion 
fhe laid fifteen eggs, and about the fame number were 
taken out of the belly when fire died. The eggs, 
were nearly an inch diameter, and perfedfly fphe- 
rical. 
“It is efteemed very good eating, and faid by 
many to be more delicate than the green turtle.” 
‘The other Species of Tortoife^ which I name 
the Tuherculatcdy 
was communicated to me by Mr. Humphries, 
of St. Martin’s-Lanc, merchant of minerals, Ihells, 
and infeds. He was unacquainted with its place 
and hiflory; therefore I muff content myfelf with 
giving a meer defeription of it, deprived as I am of 
the knowlcge of its manners and ufes, without which 
even natural hiflory is as replete with dulnefs as with 
inutility. 
Its 
