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[1] Some of these wonderful tortoises are so large that half a dozen men can hardly lift them from the ground.
[2] Owing to the raids made upon these strange animals by the American whalers they had become very scarce, but this island not having been visited for many years, they had recuperated their forces.—G. S.
[3] This is the idea Indians have of photographs.