7O FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-SEVENTH ANNUAL. REPORT. 
Fig. 7.—Top view of a land tortoise found in pit No. 5 of the Phos¬ 
phate Mining Company, Nichols, Fla. The front part of the carapace 
is wanting having been destroyed at the time the specimen was imbedded. The 
part of the carapace restored in the drawing is indicated by dotted lines. A part 
of the plastron is also preserved. Fla. Geol. Surv. collection No. 5001. One- 
twelfth natural size. Donated by the Phosphate Mining Company. 
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