Note 1 — CHAP. III.
Reading edition
: Chelonia imbricata; Linn.
2: At Celebes, whence the finest tortoise-shell is exported to China, the natives kill the turtle by blows on the head, and immerse the shell in boiling water to detach the plates. Dry heat is only resorted to by the unskilful, who frequently destroy the tortoise-shell in the operation.—Journ. Indian Archipel. vol. iii. p. 227, 1849.
3: BENNETT'S Ceylon, ch. xxxiv.