leather-turtle

Updated: June 23, 2025

"I hadn't realized that, sir," Colin answered, surprised. "Very few people do," was the reply. "Why, the State of Florida alone is as long as the distance from New York to Nova Scotia, or Washington to Detroit. You can't go after leather-turtle from Beaufort unless you've got not seven-leagued boots, but seven-leagued fins." "I'm sorry I bothered you about it, Dr. Crafts," the boy answered.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries