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CHAPTER III. 
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING LAND AND FERESH- 
WATER SHELLS. 
I may lay down five golden rules which must never 
be forgotten by the shell-collector when out on a 
field-excursion. They are these :— 
1. Never leave a stone unturned. 
2. Never pass by a nettle without a full examina- 
tion of its stem, branches, leaves, and the vegetation 
which grows below and around it. 
3. Never leave untouched, and unexamined, moss 
~ at the roots of trees, or the dead leaves under them. 
4. Always examine the vegetation on walls, and 
re Jen which grows around their foundations. 
. Never forget when searching for water-specimens 
ee examine the water plants, and the under surface of 
any floating log of wood as well as the bed of the 
pond, brook, or stream. 
These are rules, but, in addition, I would say 
examine everywhere, for there is scarcely any portion 
of the earth’s surface that will not discover specimens 
to an observant eye. 
The apparatus eer to collect land-shells and 
slugs consists of simply your own nimble fingers, a 
slinxp, observant eye, and a few chip or match-boxes 
for carrying your specimens home. 
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