The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . atural capture forms a regular pursuit wherever they occur in anynumbers. Comparatively few are caught in the open sea, othersin stake nets, but the majority are intercepted at well-knowiiperiods and localities where they t^o ashore to deposit their are very numerons, from 100 to 250 being produced by ontfemale, and buried by her iu the sand; they are
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . atural capture forms a regular pursuit wherever they occur in anynumbers. Comparatively few are caught in the open sea, othersin stake nets, but the majority are intercepted at well-knowiiperiods and localities where they t^o ashore to deposit their are very numerons, from 100 to 250 being produced by ontfemale, and buried by her iu the sand; they are eagerly searchedfor and eaten. Some of the marine turtles are highly esteemedfor the delicacy of their meat and of the gelatinous skinny parts oftheir neck and fins; others yield oil, and others again the tortoise-shell of commerce. Probably the largest of these marine turtles isthe Loggerhead {Caouajui), which possesses fifteen vertebral andcostal_^!aelds, and occuis iu the Atlantic as well as in the Indian TORTOISE Ocean (Sg. 4). It is carnivorous, feeding on fish, mollascs, and•crustaceans, and not esteemed as food, althoagh it is eaten by thejutive fi-ibemien. A great part of the turtle-oil which finds its. Fw. 7.—The MalamatA iChetps Jimbriata), with side view of head, and eeparate view of plastron. way into the market is obtained fiWn t^e Atlantic species of this^Dus; also tortoiseshell of an inferior quality is obtained from Green Turtle (fig. 5). « are herbivorous, feeding which yields the mate- ^k „„ ^^j^^ ^; „^, 5 nab for the celebrated jHA they occur in the Indo-soup. _b« to the ^^^ PacificandAtlantic; and, although several specieshave been distinguished, f;eau9 ChtUmia; it is dis-tinguished from Caouanaby having thirteen ver-tabnl and costal shields•polj, which are not These animals they all may possibly bereferable to one turtle imported intoEurope comes chiefly
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