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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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ay, for theydont stay to protect them. They have a curious way of floating on the surface of thewater, perfectly still, apparently asleep. Then if men are carefulto make no noise, they can catch them by slipping a noose overtheir head. The Sea Turtle is very useful to men. In the first place, hisflesh is good to eat. Turtle soup is so nice that they are carriedto distant lands verv carefully, alive. Then the eggs are eagerlysought for, both to eat and to make into oil. Some of the nativesof the countries where thev are common, use the big shells forboats, and to bathe their babies, and for roofs to their huts. Theshells of several kinds are useful in still another way. They aremade into various fancy things, such as jewelry, boxes, combs, etc.,and very pretty they are, too. The Hawks Bill Turtle in thepicture has the most valuable shell for this purpose.5 66 LITTLE FOLKS To prepare it for use it is softened by boiling, and made flat ina press, when it is ready to cut and polish. .%■
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There are other ways to catch turtles, besides surprising themasleep. One way is to keep watch when they come on shore, andthen turn them over. They are so clumsy they cannot turn back,and they can be left till the next day, and then carried off. Sometimes they are killed with a harpoon, in the same way asa whale, and sometimes they are secured in another way. Thenatives — seeing one floating—come quietly up, as near as pos-sible in a boat and then one of them jumps on his back. Ofcourse he dashes off, but the man holds on, and rides till he istired out and easily captured. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 67 These valuable creatures belong to the Reptile family. Theyare cold blooded and pass the winter in a state of torpor. On the Amazon, people have turtle ponds to preserve a stockof food for the wet season, as we have store-rooms and cellars tokeep our provisions. Every bit of the creature is used. Steaksare cut from its breast, sausages are made from its stomach, soupfrom its entrails, an

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