They said the meat of the giant tortoise was ` succulent meat and the oil from their bodies as pure as butter , but best of all , the giants could hibernate in a ship 's damp for a year or more . ''
They said the meat of the giant tortoise was `` succulent meat and the oil from their bodies as pure as butter , but best of all , the giants could hibernate in a ship 's damp for a year or more '' .