THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



359 



The Sidewalk Was Covered With 

 Snails. 



Sidney, Ohio. 

 To the Editor: — 



I am sending" to you under separate 

 cover a vial filled with what appear to 

 be small snails. One of our city teach- 

 ers,. Miss Daisy Lehman, handed it to 

 me with the following explanation. 



neighbors also observed the same phe- 

 nomenon, one declaring it was salvia 

 seed, while others thought it had rained 

 snails. Miss Lehman thought that the 

 substance might be snail shells but she 

 had never seen any so small, nor could 

 she understand how they came to be 

 upon the cement steps that were four 

 inches above the walk. 1 am sending 



A MAGNIFIED VIEW OF THE TINY SNAILS. 



She and her mother on returning home 

 after several days' absence, just after 

 a heavy rain, found that the cement 

 sidewalk in front of the house was lit- 

 erally covered with a gritty substance 

 which gave forth a peculiar crunching 

 sound when trod on. Some of the 



the specimens to you for identification. 

 Very truly yours, 



Lee A. Dolunger. 



Mr. Walter F. Webb, Rochester, 

 New York, says : 



"The little snails of which you send 

 me samples are the full-grown V.allonia 



