OP FISHES. 
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TORTOISE. 
The Tortoise is generally found from one 
to five feet in length, from the end of the 
snout to that of the tail, and from five inches 
to a foot and a half across the back. It has 
a small head, somewhat like that of a ser- 
pent, an eye without the upper lid, the under 
eye-lid serving to cover and keep that organ 
in safety. It has a strong scaly tail, like 
the lizard ; its head can snow and hide at 
pleasure, under the great penthouse of its 
shell ; there it can be secure from all attacks. 
Tortoises are commonly known to live above 
eighty years; and there was one kept in 
the Archbishop of Canterbury’s garden at 
Lambeth, that was above one hundred and 
twenty. 
