Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 736
pets. I have found the spotted,the painted, and the box turtles the most interesting,and the easiest to care for. Keep them in a box with earth and a pan of water in thebottom, or in a little pen on the ground, made of wire netting,perhaps in some shady place in the back yard. A constantsupply of… … When a turtle is swimming it puts itshead above water every few minutes, and ata distance, unless you see it moving, it looksexactly like a water-lily bud.
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