RAMBLES 



SEARCH OF SHELLS, 



INTEODUCTION. 



Snails and slugs in the abstract are not very 

 attractive objects to the million, at least this may 

 be said of the few species found in this country ; 

 but if we were to limit our observations to those 

 natural productions only which have a pleasing 

 exterior, how many of the most interesting pages 

 of Nature's great book of wonders should we 

 pass over unread ! How little, for instance, should 

 we know of the commonest of our molluscous 

 animals, beyond the generic and specific character 

 of the habitations of the shell-bearing species — 



