The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6
Dermatochelys
Dermatochelys.
D. coriacea. The Luth.
The Leathery Turtle or Luth is the largest of the tribe; it is herbivorous, and yields a large quantity of oil. A fine specimen in the Australian Museum, perhaps the most gigantic ever taken, was caught off Wollongong, on the coast of Illawarra, and measures 9 feet in length.