Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
il, and falls with a loud hiss. If now thecaptor is disposed to ride, as was Mr. Darwin, hecan mount upon the turtles back, and be carriedalong at a fair rate of speed. Though the great land-tortoise was the largestturtle of India, there has been found in our owncountry the remains of a sea-turtle… … sixteenth century; and from the numbers of gi-gantic turtles found there, those early voyagersnamed the group Galapago, which is the Span-ish name for tortoise. All over the islands aremany extinct craters, some being mere elevations,while others are miles in circumference. Next to the craters, the…
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