Testudo Mydas. Green Turtle. Fore fins an oblong oval: 
thofe of the male furnifhed with two claws: hind fins broad and 
round at the end, with one claw: fhell convex, fmooth, of a reddifh 
brown, broke with yellow, and rayed with a deeper brown or 
black: futures of the fhell and edges of the fide fcales waved; 
belly a pale yellow. 
This kind of Turtle , whofe flefii is well known at our tables, 
inhabits the fea in the Weft Indies; and is fometimes found on 
the coaft of North America. In April they for the moft part re¬ 
tire to the ifland of Cuba and the Spanifh main, to breed; bury¬ 
ing their eggs, which are above eight hundred in number, in the 
fand, a little above high water mark; leaving them there to be 
hatched by the heat of the fun: feed on fea grafs; are taken either 
in nets, (truck with a fmall kind of harpoon, or furprifed when go¬ 
ing afliore to lay. 
