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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
The Amma/ a Slug. 
Shell fpiral, fub-pellucid. 
Aperture femi-lunar. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Cic. 
SNAIL with a fhell ofa pale colour, with broad 
interrupted bands of brown. 
The COMMON GARDEN SNAIL. 
— 
See to the fight the gentle warriors move, 
And dart with harmlefs force the fhafts of love ! 
The Snail is amongft the number of thofe animals 
which we are apt to overlook on account of their feem- 
ingly contemptible appearance, but which will per- 
haps open to our attentive furvey a greater variety of 
curious particularities than moft other creatures can 
exhibit. The anatomy of the fnail is full of wonders, 
and a volume might be written on its hiftory ; but, 
without defcending to a tedious narrative of all its 
parts, I fhall only mention a few of the moft remark- 
able ones. The eyes of Snails are fituated on the tips 
of the two longeft horns, and though their exiftence 
has 
