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FIRST BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



25. In the land snails, it was learned that the eggs 

 were deposited separately, while in the air-breathing, fresh- 

 water snails the eggs were inclosed in a gelatinous substance. 

 Among the sea snails there are many species which inclose 

 their eggs in pods, or capsules, as is also the case in the oper- 

 culated fresh-water snails. Sometimes the capsules are 

 clustered together in large masses, as in those of the whelk 

 (Fig. 31) : 



Fi«. 31. — A veky Small Cluster of Eggs of the Whelk deposited on the Stem of 



a Large Sea- Weed. 



In others they are united in a long string (Fig. 32). 



A sB 



Fig. 32. — A. a Portion of a String' of Egg-Capsules, from a Fiorida Species of "Whelk similar 

 to Fig. 27 ; fi, a single Capsule separated, showing Outlet, o, through which the Young 

 escape ; s, Stem. 



The common cockle sticks its separate egg-capsules side 

 by side upon the rock (Fig. 33). 



