GALAPAGOS GIANT TARTAISE

摘要

When Admiral David Porter, commander of the ship USS Essex, anchored in the Galapagos Islands in the spring of 1813, he wrote: "Every one appeared desirous of securing as large a stock of this provision as possible for the cruise. They were brought the distance of from three to four miles, through thorns and over sharp rocks; yet it was no uncommon thing for them to make three and four trips a day, each with tortoises weighing from fifty to a hundred weight."