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Pamily IV. Colimacea. 



Doth God take tliouglit for oxen ? Lower still 

 Than oxen, or the conies, feeble folk ; 

 Or the small birds that -wing the yielding air. 

 Or fishes gliding through the azure deep, 

 Or creatures in green lanes, on mossy banks. 

 Scorned though they be. His guardian care extends, 

 His love doth bless ! Look on that quiet creature, 

 At home, and yet abroad. It hath small beauty 

 "With which to please the eye. No use hath it, 

 That man can tell ; and yet no work of art 

 May rival that poor simple garden-snail, 

 Progressing on, without or feet or Avings, 

 Imbued with life, and having its own cares. 

 And quiet pleasure, which man knows not of. 



The family of Colimaceaj or Snails,, stands at the head 

 of that portion of Gasteropodous mollusks to which Lamarck 

 gave the name of TracJieUjjoda , or neck-moving. A complete 

 affinity may be traced among them^ and hence has arisen 

 many schemes whereby to establish a definite form of clas- 

 sification. The author of ^Conchologia Systematica/ think- 

 ing it, however, of little consequence whether the species 

 are arranged in tens, giving to every ten a name, or in 

 hundreds, giving to each a name, so long as a method is 



