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Above, a mud tortoise; below, profile of a mud tortoise. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
Wellcome Collection

Above, a mud tortoise; below, profile of a mud tortoise. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/72069 · 1757

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The small mud tortoise, smelling strong of musk, having a sharp norn poynted tayl from Pensilvania. Drawn from nature of the lignes of life, by George Edwards. September 1757

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