Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 450
nything. I would like very much toknow whether the turtle will live all win-ter in the back yard. I have a box-turtlein the yard already. Do you think thereis any danger of his freezing?Yours truly, Margaret Sheaver. THE BOX-TURTLE, OR LAND-TORTOISE, IN A WOOD PATH EATING VEGETATION. A box-tlirtle… … tells of keeping one in a large but shallow boxfilled with sand to the depth of about fourinches. The box was covered with wire net-ting, and contained a large dish of water, plentyof fresh moss, and growing ferns. In the win-ter the turtle was allowed to roam around thehouse, as I have seen them…
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