Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 210
ives and the waves asthey came along, until the captured turtles — aftera struggle of nearly twenty minutes — were finally-tired out. Then the Conch boys, grasping the rimsof the shells with both hands, kneeled squarely onthe turtles backs, and fairly forced their heads outof water and steered them… … CONCH BOYS CATCHING TURTLES I suppose that is our fresh beef for twoweeks to come, laughed Vail, surveying the cap-tive monsters. Talk about lassoing wild horses ! said Douglas ; why, it s nothing to catching turtles. I would nt mind trying a turtle-ride myself, said Tom Derby, as Paublo pulled…
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