. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. LL\1{. AMERICAN ANIMALS. 841. 33. VIRGINIAN DEER. 34. RATTLESNAKE. 35. PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE. Cliicken Tortoise of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida lives in ponds andstagnant water. The Snapping Turtle (36), also called the AlligatorTerrapin, is astrong swim-mer, and verydestructive offish and otherreptiles. Whencaught they arevery ferocious,biting at every-thing ; they
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. LL\1{. AMERICAN ANIMALS. 841. 33. VIRGINIAN DEER. 34. RATTLESNAKE. 35. PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE. Cliicken Tortoise of Carolina, Georgia, and Florida lives in ponds andstagnant water. The Snapping Turtle (36), also called the AlligatorTerrapin, is astrong swim-mer, and verydestructive offish and otherreptiles. Whencaught they arevery ferocious,biting at every-thing ; they arevery good food,and are foundin many partsof the UnitedStates, oftenreaching aweight of twenty pounds. Soft Tortoises, too, and Edible Turtles are numerous inand on the coasts of various parts of America. Besides numerous Frogs and Toads, North America has severalpeculiar Amphibia. The Mexican Axolotl (32) is one of these, and livesin the Lake of Mexico. It is peculiar in being able to reproduce itselfwhen still furnished with gills, and this was thought to be the final state ;but in 1865 it was discovered that it sometimes changes very much,and loses its gills, changing into Amblystoma, a genus previously knownand not supposed to be closely relate
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