Show r BIG TORTOISE OF CEYLON f t 1 n k I qia k a rr a aThe The giant tortoises of the Galap Galapagos gos Islands and other lands are known to tobe tobe tobe be exceedingly long long lived lived but they probably are not older than the monster monster mon- mon ster tortoise that is kept near Matara on the Island of Ceylon This great creature creature Is known to have havo been In exIstence exIstence existence ex- ex towards the end of at the eighteenth century and since then his c continuous existence has been certified cerU fled fied ed by successive governors of Ceylon Cey Cey- I lon Ion on and others |