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Section I. Marine Shells of the Southeastern Coast, Mr. J. J. 

 White, Rockledge, Fla. 



Mr. J. J. White, the popular proprieter of White's Cottage, Rock- 

 ledge, Fla., makes the following generous offer to our chapter mem- 

 bers. He will send Strombus pugilis or Cardium isocardia, or both 

 if desired, to any member of the Chapter who will send stamps for 

 their postage. This offer holds good until his stock of them is ex- 

 hausted. 



The name and address of a new member, Miss Lena L. Perrine, 

 B. A., Valley City, N. D., was unavoidably crowded out of the Jan- 

 uary issue of THE NAUTILUS. 



MY SNAILERY. 



[Report of Miss C. Soper. From the Transactions of the Isaac Lea Concho logical 

 Chapter for 1895.] 



Partly from choice, partly from necessity, I have followed the 

 suggestion given by one of the members in last year's " Transactions," 

 and have studied the shell life found in my " aiu countree," and I 

 want to tell some of the members who live far from the sea-shore, 

 what delightful possibilities there are collecting and studying shells 

 at home. 



With the exception of a couple of weeks spent at Santa Barbara 

 last summer, I have had no opportunity for collecting ocean shells, 

 and as my " finds," at that place were very meagre, being confined 

 to some live Chama exogyra, and a queer little slipper shell, I should 

 have no report to give were it not for my family of snails, which I 

 have had for nearly a year. 



Last February, I found in an old cactus stump near Gabriel about 

 120 dead specimens of Helix tudiculata 7 or 8 large ones, the re- 

 mainder being above a half of an inch in diameter. One or two 

 small live ones were found, and they were treasured carefully in an 

 old flower pot which was kept in a saucer of water. A little later 

 the sexton of the cemetery, whose interest I had enlisted, found 

 for me a fine large specimen of H. tudiculata near one of the hy- 

 drants. This was a large addition to my small family, which had 

 already become the object of a great deal of attention from myself 

 and others. * f * In March, in company with a friend, I went to 

 the Arroyo Seco, near Pasadena, in search of helices. My friend 

 had found their home one day when she was digging ferns, and 

 learning of my desire to find some live snails, kindly piloted me to 

 the place. 



