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… of a manual labourer), the turtle was considered to be a means to secure social relationship. Gentlemen attending the club used to eat turtle with sobriety in amiable fellowship. The dinner registers of the Royal Society’s dining club attest the importance of turtle in socialising. The donation of a turtle was seen as a means of enhancing a …
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