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 . hichthey can propel themselves with extraordinary rapidity throughthe water, but which are entirely unfit for locomotion on land,where the progress of these animals is as awkward as that of aseal. The toes are enclosed in a common sldn, out of which onlyone or two claws project. The carapncc is broad and much de-pressed, so that when the turtles are surprised on shore and turne
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 . hichthey can propel themselves with extraordinary rapidity throughthe water, but which are entirely unfit for locomotion on land,where the progress of these animals is as awkward as that of aseal. The toes are enclosed in a common sldn, out of which onlyone or two claws project. The carapncc is broad and much de-pressed, so that when the turtles are surprised on shore and turned Jig 4 Loggerhead {Caonana carctia)the hold of a ship, without food, for months, and were slaughteredas occasion required, each tortoise yielding, according to size, from80 to 300 pounds of excellent and wholesome Under theSecircumstances the numbers of these helpless creatures decreased sorapidly that in the beginning of this century their exterminationwas accomplished in the Mascarencs, and )iow only a few remainin a wild state in Aldabra and in some of the islands of the Gala-pagoS group. Singularly, the majonty of these islands were in-habited each by one or more peculiar forms, specifically distinct. Fig. 5.—Green Turtle {Chdonia vinJu Sroto those of the other islands. A large male sj>ecimen, fromAldabfa, which was imported into Loudon sotuc years ago, weighed
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