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Rh of some of the tropical islands at this day make these shells serve the same purposes, and others,

such as drinking-troughs for their cattle, and baths for their children.

The West Indian Isles, particularly the Bahamas, and those little sandy spots off the end of Cuba, known as the Caymanas, the Isle of Ascension, and most of the islands of the Pacific, are favourite resorts of the Green Turtle. Specimens have been occasionally caught on the shores of Europe, driven hither by stress of weather. "In the year 1752," says Mr. Bingley,