LETTER XIII 



St. Leonard's Church Snails on Walls Tracks of Snails Distance 

 Travelled by Snails Moorhens Resemblance to Domestic 

 Hens Their Voices Compared St. Swithin St. Bartholomew 

 Strolling Players Ingenious Advertisement. 



22>td August, 1894. 



DEAR MARCO : On the 9th of this month, 

 when I was inspecting the walls of our old 

 church of St. Leonards, in my capacity as 

 churchwarden, my attention was drawn to 

 the vast number of small snails which were 

 adhering to the surface of the walls, chiefly 

 on the south or sunny side, though there 

 were a few on the north side as well. I am 

 much puzzled as to the object these little snails 

 can have in thus climbing the walls and ap- 

 parently remaining there torpid for so long ; 



