of her suburban garden. This winter she was asked to
take charge of another tortoise. All went well as long as the two were hibernating. This warm April weather they awoke from their sleep, and as soon as 'Tommy' found there was another tortoise in the garden of which he had had the monopoly, his wrath was roused. He attacked the "undesirable alien" most savagely, biting its head or legs whenever they were protruded beyond the shell, and when they were not visible, charging it sideways with his shell, as if on the football field. The warmer the weather, the more fierce ' Tommy' became, and, apparently, before the summer would have killed his rival. It has therefore been found impossible to keep the two tortoises in the same garden, and we have had to offer hospitality elsewhere to tortoise number two.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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