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eggs will hatch out tiny snails, and these will attain half 

 their mature size the first season. 



b 



FIG. 23. a, Eggs of Land Snail ; &, Young Snail just hatched ; c, Young Snail somewhat 

 advanced : & and c are magnified. 



19. If the pupil will also collect a lot of fresh-water air- 

 breathing snails, and keep them alive, they will deposit their 

 eggs upon the sides of the glass jar in which they are con- 

 fined. These eggs will be oval in shape, and transparent, 

 and will be inclosed in a transparent, jelly-like substance. Fig. 

 14, IT, represents the appearance of a cluster of these eggs. 



Fig. 24 shows a cluster of eggs with the appearance of 

 two eggs highly magnified, showing the young snails as they 

 appear within the egg. 



FIG. 24. a, Cluster of Eggs of a Fresh- Water Snail; &, c, Eggs enlarged, showing the 

 young Snails within the Eggs. 



"With the aid of a magnifying-glass, the eggs may be 

 watched from day to day, and the young snail can be seen in 

 its various stages of growth. 



