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enough to feed four persons in one of these livers. At 
the side of the flanks of these Tortoises there are pannes , 
which they take for melting, from which they make oil 
which never congeals. This oil is as good for all things 
as good bntter—’tis the butter of this island. These 
pannes yield ordinarily two pots of oil, more or less, if the 
season allows of finding these tortoises fat. They are not 
always so. This oil is marvellous for rubbing afflicted 
limbs. I made use of it in my paralysis & found myself 
well in consequence. 
Twenty persons of good appetite can satisfy themselves 
in one meal from one of these tortoises. 
The true Sea-Turtle lands on the Island in many locali¬ 
ties, & particularly in the Bay of St. Paul, which extends 
more than two leagues. It lands there all the year. These 
Turtles are very large; they are longer than they are 
broad ; they have four flippers or fins, which serve them 
to swim in the sea, & to use as feet when they come 
to land. ’Tis as much as three men can do to turn 
over one of these Turtles, which, being turned on the back, 
can neither move nor go away. The flesh of this Turtle is 
very good, & is like veal; the fat is green. This fat, being 
cooked, has the same taste & nicety as the marrow of 
beef. Their tripe is excellent. 
These Turtles come to shore at night to lay their eggs. 
’Tis wherefore only the females which land. They make 
a great hole in the sand, & there lay their eggs, then 
cover them with sand & return to the sea. The heat 
of the sun, which beats on the sand, causes these eggs 
to be hatch’d, from whence the little Turtles come forth, 
which, being hatch’d, go immediately to the sea. 
They find in the bodies of these Turtles ofttimes more 
than two thousands of eggs, more or less, according as they 
are advanced in their laying. 
These eggs are as large as the eggs of a fowl. They 
