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Show ' Turtle of Great Age. A huge turtle weighing 1,175 pounds was brought to San Diego, Col., the other day by Cnpt. J. Zollezzl of tho Italian fishing launch Belvedere. Tho turtle, said by waterfront men to bo tho largest specimen ever caught In Loner California waters, Is ulno feet In circumference, nnd seven feet from tho tip of its nose to tho end of Its Bhort tail. Tho front flippers are four feet In length and almost a foot wldo, tapering gradually until at tho end they nro about flvo Inches wide. Tho Jaws nro a solid mass of teeth, over 200 being located In tho upper Jaw. They rango from one-half to a quarter of an inch in length. Tho shell Is ribbed and In spots pliable, which leads many fishermen to bellovo tho turtle i3 nearly two hundred years old. |