. St. Nicholas [serial] . way, and though I looked allover I could not find him. After I cameto New York my sister wrote to me thatthe turtle had been found. If it is pos-sible she will bring it to the city with her. When I spent a few days in Philadel-phia last week, I went to the Academy ofNatural Sciences. There was a stuffedturtle there exactly like Tervy, calleda wood-tortoise. I should be very muchobliged if you could tell me somethingabout these turtles. I have looked forsomething about them, but I cannot findanything. I would like very much toknow whether the turtle will live all win-t
. St. Nicholas [serial] . way, and though I looked allover I could not find him. After I cameto New York my sister wrote to me thatthe turtle had been found. If it is pos-sible she will bring it to the city with her. When I spent a few days in Philadel-phia last week, I went to the Academy ofNatural Sciences. There was a stuffedturtle there exactly like Tervy, calleda wood-tortoise. I should be very muchobliged if you could tell me somethingabout these turtles. I have looked forsomething about them, but I cannot findanything. I would like very much toknow whether the turtle will live all win-ter in the back yard. I have a box-turtlein the yard already. Do you think thereis any danger of his freezing?Yours truly, Margaret Sheaver. THE BOX-TURTLE, OR LAND-TORTOISE, IN A WOOD PATH EATING VEGETATION. A box-tlirtle is an eSDeciallv Somejoker has been using his jack-knife and assigning the date of his discoverjof the^ •* turtle to the year of Christopher Columbuss discovery of America! amusing pet. A correspondent. tells of keeping one in a large but shallow boxfilled with sand to the depth of about fourinches. The box was covered with wire net-ting, and contained a large dish of water, plentyof fresh moss, and growing ferns. In the win-ter the turtle was allowed to roam around thehouse, as I have seen them in correspondent gives an amusing accountof the manner in which the turtle went down-stairs, falling from step to step, each time land-ing on its back. After a struggle he wouldturn over and then try the next step as on the ground floor, he always madehis way to the kitchen and established himselfin a corner near the kitchen fire. This reminds me of an anecdote related byDr. Abbott. Of a box-tortoise he writes: I followed and found him still traveling in a directcourse, and was just in time to witness a funny steep bank of a deep ditch had been reached, andthe tortoise was contemplating the outlook. It was tooabrupt a desce
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