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but has evidently been recently a piece of original forest. The lime- 

 stone is in general rather marly ; the road runs up hill here from about 

 2,000 to 2,100 feet above sea level along this cut. "Dead" shells 

 are plentiful, many species were only found in this state. From the 

 list found here it is seen that at one time the fauna must have been 

 much like that at the Cedar Hill woods. Pleurodonte acuta goniasmos 

 was evidently well established, as great numbers of young snails of this 

 species were seen crawling actively about. While still a productive 

 locality for many species, there is no great amount of original woods 

 remaining. 



Garrett's Woods Colony. 



This is the woods on a hill adjoining Mr. Garrett's place, "The 

 Bungalow," and is a piece of virgin forest about 2 miles from Mande- 

 ville Court House on the Lower Santa Cruz Road. It occupies the top 

 and part of the slope of a rocky hill (2,200 feet above sea level) with 

 numerous limestone exposures and loose blocks, the hill being capped 

 by the marly limestone, mostly in loose blocks here and underlaid by 

 the purer limestone. The wood is rather dense and moist, the coating 

 of dead leaves on the ground furnishes abundant fungus food for 

 snails. The top has the moist character of the slopes and shows no 

 broom-palm. The limestone on the slopes is partly honeycombed 

 with cavities, and some species, such asZaphysema macmurryi(C. B. Ad.) 

 and Pleurodonte (Eurycratera) jamaicensis (Gmel.), which are rarely 

 seen except in favorable localities in virgin forest, are found here 

 plentifully. Annularia fimbriatula (Sowb.) is also very abundant; 

 it is rarely seen except in undisturbed woods. Mr. Garrett informs 

 me that the woods is practically in an undisturbed condition, and is 

 rarely entered except to cut a little firewood. The moist rocks and 

 the honeycombed character of the stone, with the abundance of food, 

 makes this a veiy favorable habitat for several of the species collected. 

 The woods is completely isolated by open fields and pastures from 

 neighboring patches of woodland and will probably remain in its 

 present condition for many years to come. It has been isolated now 

 for a generation or more, but has remained practically untouched for 

 that time. It was one of the few places where Stoastoma pisum (Sow.) 

 was seen alive and moving actively about, up to the top of the hill. 

 The Zaphysemas and Pleurodontes were taken principally from the 

 slopes and near the top. 



Ridge Near Lincoln Colony. 



To the west of Mandeville the ground rises in a series of ridges, 

 broken by gaps and with a general north-northwest to south-southeast 



