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Catesby, M. 1771. The Natural History of Carolina

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p. 4 o<br />

TES TUDO marina Caouanna. Raij. Syn. quad. p. 257.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Loggerhead Turtle.<br />

H E head <strong>of</strong> this Turtle is<br />

4%k biaoer in proportion, and has<br />

Il a fiercer afpe£t than the other<br />

% kinds; its legs arealfo fhorter:<br />

M the upper (hell is broader in<br />

the middle and narrower at the hind-part<br />

La Tortue Caouanne. Rochefort, Ibid.<br />

A tête de cette Tortue eft plus<br />

grande à proportion, & a Pair<br />

plus fier que celle des autres ef<br />

peces: [esjambesfont aufti plus<br />

courtes ; & Pécaille de dejfus<br />

eft plus large au milieu, & plus étroite par<br />

than others. <strong>The</strong>y are the boldeft, mod derrière que dans les autres efpeces. Elles<br />

voracious, and fouled: feeders, <strong>of</strong> all the<br />

font plus hardies, plus voraces, & fe nour*<br />

Turtle : their flefh is rank, therefore they rifjent de ch<strong>of</strong>es plus [ales que les autres<br />

are little fought after, which occafions them Tortues : leur chair eft ranee ; e'eft pour.<br />

to be more numerous than any <strong>of</strong> the other<br />

kinds.<br />

uoi on ne les cherche geures, ce qui<br />

q fait<br />

qu'elles font en plus grand nombre qu'au-<br />

<strong>The</strong>y range the ocean over; an inftance cune des autres efpeces. Elles parcourent<br />

<strong>of</strong> which (amongft many that I have known) tout POcéan : parmi plufieurs exemples que<br />

happened the 2o ,h<br />

<strong>of</strong> April, 1725, in the la- je connois, fen citerai un qui arriva le<br />

titude <strong>of</strong> 30 degrees north; when our boat 20 ^'Avril, 1 725. A trente dégrés de lawas<br />

hoifted out" and a Loggerhead-Turtle<br />

ftruck as it was deeping on the furface <strong>of</strong><br />

titude au Nord, on mit dehors notre cha.<br />

loupe ; & on harponna une de ces Tortues,<br />

the water : this by our reckoning appeared qui dormoit fur la furface delà Mer: cet<br />

to be midway between the Mores and the<br />

endroit etoit,felonnotreeftime,a moitié chemin<br />

„ , in j •,, f„,i,,vi,^io^cKP ;nrr dfcr Azores aux lies Bahama, ces îles étant<br />

Bahama father-<strong>of</strong> whic places tang<br />

ks plus proches d'où elleput venir,<br />

the neareit land ,t could come from, or that ^ ,mfJe f ces Tortues fréquentent ><br />

they are known to frequent ; there be.ng J^ ^ ^.^ ^^^^[g<br />

none on the north continent <strong>of</strong> America,<br />

/w/r/W de /'Amerique, plus avant vers<br />

farther north than cape Florida. It being<br />

/g Ngr^ que /g caf) dg FJoridei Comm<br />

amphibious, and yet at fo great a diftance<br />

e/k ^ ampb;b^ // tf fautant plus furpréfrom<br />

land in breeding-time, makes it the mnt qu'elle fût ft loin en Mer dans la faifon<br />

more remarkable. <strong>The</strong>y feed m<strong>of</strong>tly on de la ponte. Elles fe nourriffent fur tout de<br />

(hell-fifh ; the great ftrength and hardnefs coquillage, la grande force &f la dureté de<br />

<strong>of</strong> their beaks enabling them to break very leurs mâchoires les mettant en état de rompre<br />

larcre (hells, particularly the Buccinum, men- de très grandes coquilles, fur tout le Bucci-'<br />

tioned above, in p. 134, pieces <strong>of</strong> which I num, dont il eft parlé ci-deftus, p. 134.<br />

have taken out <strong>of</strong> their ftomachs ; and have J'en ai tiré des morceaux de leurs eftomacs,<br />

feen figures upon large (hells, which the & fat vu des caffures fur les grandes coturtlers<br />

told me were caufed by the bite <strong>of</strong> 9%** aue /es fiecheurs m'ont affûré avoir<br />

tfi f T H<br />

t<br />

étéfaites par la morfure des ces Tortues.<br />

preferved intire, which I take to be <strong>of</strong> this fpecies.<br />

T E S T U D arcuata.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Trunk-Turtle.<br />

I Never law one <strong>of</strong> thefe Turtles La Tortue appellee le C<strong>of</strong>fre.<br />

; they are not 7E ri ai jamais vu aucune de ces Tortues: elles ne<br />

common, being but rarely taken. 1 was told font pas communes, car on en pre?id rarement :<br />

they grow to a very large fize, <strong>of</strong> a narrow form, on ma dit qu elles devenoient extrêmement grandes,<br />

but very deep ; the upper fhell being more convex étroites, mais fort épaijjes, récaille de dejfus étant plus<br />

than in the other kinds <strong>of</strong> Turtle. <strong>The</strong>ir flefh is convexe que dans les autres efpeces de Tortues. Leur<br />

rank, but affords a large quantity <strong>of</strong> oil, which is chair eft rance ; mais on en tire une grande quantité<br />

all it is valued for.<br />

In the rep<strong>of</strong>itory <strong>of</strong> the Royal Society, is a Turtle<br />

êP cefi ce qui en fait tout le mérite.<br />

d'huile ;<br />

Ily a dans le cabinet de la Société Royale une 7or-<br />

tue confervée toute entière, que je croi de cette efpece.

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