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It time either 10 defend itself, on blind lis as.
sailants, by throwing sand with its tiippers or
fins, which they do with such force that It is
almost dangerous to come near them. 1t took
six men thus to turn the largest that was
caught; and the following incident will further
show the immense strength of these animals
One of our men, the gunner, wandered away
by himself to the further end of the beach,
where he thought to have all the sport to him


SELF not doubling for moment that he would
be able to turn any turtle which he found; but
on the contrary, to his surprise, not being abb
sent long, before espying large one making
towards the beach, he allowed it to come up
some way, and then ran over to it and attempt
ed to turn it, All his endeavors were, how
ever, fruitless; and by some means he got his
hand between the shell and the neck, which
the animal, by drawing in his head, jammed
and held there so tight that he could not with
draw it.


The turtle then began to crawl towards the
sea, dragging the man with it; and he was in
imminent danger OF being carried OH, when ne
began to call for assistance. Our party was
somewhat alarmed at the cries, thinking that
some serious accident had happened, and i'm
mediately ran towards the place from which
the noise proceeded, where we arrived just in
time to save the poor fellow from a watery
grave. The turtle was close to the edge of
the sea, and was carrying him off as if he were
nothing; nor was it without some difficulty
that we released him from his perilous situa-
tion, dragging the turtle above high water
mark, and turning it over. The man got off
with only few bruises, but was much fright
ened and we all had good laugh at him
for his dventure.-Kempton's Memoirs on the
Eastern Shores of The Persian Gulf