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The Elodians, found in the shallow pools of the Amazonian Valley, swim with facility, and move quickly over the ground. They feed not only on vegetables, but prey on living animals river molluscs, and other water creatures. The Potamians, which are found in vast numbers in the larger rivers, grow to a great size, some weighing seventy pounds. They feed much as the last described.
The order is divided into four groups: first, Chersians, or the land tortoises; second, the Elodians, or marsh tortoises; third, the Potamians, or river tortoises; fourth, the Thalassians, or sea tortoises, generally called turtles. These groups are again variously subdivided. The waters of Tropical America abound with the second and third families.
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