The turtle that frequents the North-east Coast, in the neighbourhood of Endeavour River, is a variety of the Testudo mydas.

He had to borrow a "Natural History" from the Deanery to learn the correct shapes of some of the strange animals with which Alice conversed; the Mock Turtle he must have evolved out of his inner consciousness, for it is, I think, a species unknown to naturalists.

In the fourteenth century, one Roger Turtle was Mayor of Bristol no less than seven times, 1326 to 1341a circumstance which elicited the following jeu d'esprit: If old Roger Turtle was seven times mayor, An honour which fell to no other man's share, His descendant, a Turtle, in this modern day, Bears, as mayor-elect, a perpetual sway.

By dropping the beef and pork, for a few days at a time, might we not get shut of the danger?" "Fish will help us, and turtle would be a great resource, could we meet with any of that.

In the fourteenth century, one Roger Turtle was Mayor of Bristol no less than seven times, 1326 to 1341a circumstance which elicited the following jeu d'esprit: If old Roger Turtle was seven times mayor, An honour which fell to no other man's share, His descendant, a Turtle, in this modern day, Bears, as mayor-elect, a perpetual sway.