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to"the wants of the terrapin, it never could have gained a foothold 
there. 
Holbrook, in 1842, gave the distribution of the terrapin as from 
Rhode Island to Florida, and DeKay records it from Long Island. 
It is, therefore, not remarkable that it should be found in the warm 
waters of this part of Massachusetts, where the muddy coves and 
creeks full of springs afford it suitable winter quarters. 
