Previous Crimean War veteran RIP

[Joseph Tracy]

Klinkenborg's Timothy; or notes of an abject reptile  is a beautiful book.   Truly a delight.
On Mar 17, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> Klinkenborg's Timothy; or notes of an abject reptile  is a beautiful book.   Truly a delight.
> On Mar 17, 2014, at 4:08 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/3607053.stm
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>> (From 2004) ...tortoise who was a ship's mascot in the Crimean War has died at his Devon castle home at the age of 160.
>> Timothy, who was first discovered on board a Portuguese vessel in 1854, was thought to be the country's oldest resident.
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>> He lived at Powderham Castle near Exeter and was owned by Lady Gabrielle Courtenay, 91. He arrived there fully-grown in the late 19th Century.
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>> The castle's Rose Garden had been his home since 1935.
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>> He was also believed to be the oldest Mediterranean Spur Thighed Tortoise in existence....
>> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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