Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 26
the water with a great splash that arouses the fears of all its companions, which go tumbling and splashing into the water in all directions, and in a few seconds not a Tortoise is to be seen where they were so plentiful before they took alarm. The Chicken Tortoise swims well, but not rapidly, and… … It is rather a small species, seldom exceeding ten inches in length. Its flesh is remark- ably excellent, very tender and delicately flavored, something like that of a young chicken, so that this Tortoise is in great request as an article of food, and is largely sold in the markets, though not so…
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