Some catfish and a small tortoise were caught in the river.

LAST year was a great year for butterflies and I never saw more small tortoise shells coming in to hibernate.

Somewhere among the rocks in the pond lives a small tortoise-leftin the garden, probably, by the previous tenants of the house.

The best examples of this are those which were observed by Poulton in the chrysalids of various butterflies, especially the small tortoise-shell.

"This," said he, "unlocks the small tortoise-shell cabinet yonder.

"You shall taste mine," said I, pulling out my box (which was a small tortoise one), and putting it into his hand.