Part I. 
38 Of Quadruped’s. 
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Another of the fame Species. 
ACHE QJJ EII’D SHELL from Virginia. Tis in 
figure fomewhat like the femal Tortoife firft defcnb’d. 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; but the hinder- 
moil: part bended inward. 
Another Shell of the fame Species. 
Another, like the firft defend'd, excepting alfo. That it 
is more convex; and inftead of fpecks, hath long ftreaks, 
and great blotches. 
A SCALY TORTOISE SHELL. It feemsto 
be of the Lutarious kind. I find it not defcrib’d, or figur’d. 
Above a foot long, ten inches broad, convex to the height 
of 3 i The convex, all along the middle, high ridg’d. 
Compofed of Scales , very fmooth , particolour’d, of a 
brownilh red and citrine; in the utmoft edge Idler, 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 {Lengthened with a Back-Bone, and eight Ribs, ob¬ 
liquely appendent, on each fide. The Belly-piece is here 
warning. 
A S E A-T O R T OIS E. Curioully figur’d by Bejler. 
(*JFafcicul. ] 3 cfcnbcd by Aldrovandus and others. He differs 
anorum. £ rom t he y anc [_/ 'ortoife, 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, laid to be big enough, for one fometimes to dine 
0>) Muf.Ro- fourfeore men. (b) In the Indian- Sea fo big, (c ) that the 
coibid. fhells ferve the Natives for Boats. In theIlland Cuba fo 
great, that they will creep along with five men upon their 
(i) Joh. de Backs, (d) 
Laet ' He fquirts the water out at his Noftrils, in the fame 
CO Rondcict manner as the Dolphin doth at his Spout, (e) In Genera- 
. T tion, the embraces of the Male and Female continue for a 
ham’s Difc. whole Lunar y month. (/) They take them, by turning 
of Jam-Cap. them on their Backs with ftaves, in which pollure they 
(g) Ug. Hift. lie, till they are fetch’d away. ( g ) As they lie on their 
of Barbados. J 3 acks, they will fometimes fetch deep fighs, and fhed 
abundance 
