t 640 J 
I 
AMPHIBIA. 
ORDER I. REPTILES. 
Lungs arbitrary ; legs {generally) 4 * 
fmple, 
1. TESTUDO. Body tailed, covered 
and beneath with a bony 
Ihell, or fcales above : uppef 1 
doling the lower like the lid of 
\) 0 ^' 
fell;' 
Thefe are held in abhorrence by the Perfians ; at® ' 
and in the egg ftale the prey of many ravenoii* , 
feed 
on worms, 
the 
marine ones on 
' 1 »ni 
fea weedS) 
tamed will eat almoft any thing ; are extremely 
' adhere together a month * _ .jnos 
copulation frequently adhere together - .■ 
of exiiltng a long time in noxious air, and fo ^ 
life, that if the head be cut olf, or the cheft 
will live feveral days ; the land ones are torpid L 
ter, in cold climates. The Jhdl confifts of 2 'H' 
minae; the upper convex, covered with fcutels w'p* 
dilk are ig, of the margin 24; the lower conc*'^®’ Li | 
^ larly in the male, obtufe on the fore-part and 2L 
hind, divided by futures into fcutels ; betweett ^ 
minae is an anterior aperture for the head and ^ 
■ pofterior one for the tail and thighs. ' ■» 
■* A. Legs fin-Psafed, the fortmip longer. Martn® 
^Coriaccd. Shell coriaceous, longitudinally grooved. 
^ Coriaceous 
2 . Shell tiiberculate. ^ 6 
Inhabits the Mediterranean and Atlantic feas ; , 
long, 3 wide ; flefh not good. lo'^^S 
Upper jaw bifurcate at the end, extremity of li” jj. 
lharp, clafping into the fork of the upper uO} . 
round; hid: rcfembling black leather, divided i»t<’ 
