. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. m. LETTERED scri/ita. CHICKEN £'»ij/j relicuhirU fnSi t^ ⢠^rP'^^'^'iVf, "'^ '"'"'^'' ''^"'^^ ^^^^ fi^'st tlmt perceives the coming dan-er tumbles off Its perch and falls into the Mater M-ith a great splash that arouses the fears°of all Its companions, who go tumbling and splashing into the later in all directions, and in a few seconds not a Tortoise is to be seen where they were so plentiful before t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. m. LETTERED scri/ita. CHICKEN £'»ij/j relicuhirU fnSi t^ ⢠^rP'^^'^'iVf, "'^ '"'"'^'' ''^"'^^ ^^^^ fi^'st tlmt perceives the coming dan-er tumbles off Its perch and falls into the Mater M-ith a great splash that arouses the fears°of all Its companions, who go tumbling and splashing into the later in all directions, and in a few seconds not a Tortoise is to be seen where they were so plentiful before thej took nnd^wlf ^ll'^'f ?'^''' 'râ¢' T"' ^"!; ""* ''"l^'^"^^' ''^"^^ ^« it P-'isses along with its head colhlflf f] ' rfr V?' '"â¢â *^'''' \^ ^â¢^"^^â ^ '' ^'^'' t^"^ dark water-snake of the same coun ly, that at a little distance it might readily be mistaken for that reptile râ¢.J\'^^^f T '^''^''f'' "'^''*"" exceeding ten inches in length.' Its flesh is cTeken .? ff'T^ 1"'' t'T "'"^"" -""'^ '^'^''''^y *''^^«"^''^^' ««"'^thing lilfe that of a o in ' chicken, so that this lortoise is in great request as an article of food, and is largely so"d m the markets, though not so plentiiully as the common salt-water terrapin Its colour on'ih^inX" ThT' T' V" ^-'"^'^ are scribbled with yellow lines and w^inlZ S^ffl 1 f 1 f ^^' '',^â¢S 1" proportion to the size of the animal, so long indeed S front! ° "' "'' '^'""'^ '' ^'"S as the shell The lower jaw is°hooked An allied species popularly called the Quaker Tortoise and scientifically Emvs ^ clXHnJl' "'''f *"'â¢/ '^ ^^^'â¢'â '"^ '""S^l' of the claws of the fore feet, tlfe tE S ^ 1 :'"° eloâ ,n a manner that irresistibly reminds th- observer of the nails belonging to a Chinese mandarin of very high rank.
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