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in his time : " They are boiled in spring- water, and 

 when seasoned with oil, salt, and pepper, make a 

 dainty dish." " Coquuntur ex aqua fluviatili, et ad- 

 jectis oleo, sale et pipere, lautum ferculum praeparant." 

 And Ben Jonson, in " Every Man in his Humour," 

 mentions this dish as a delicacy. 



" Neither have I 

 Dressed snails or mushrooms curiously before him." 



These circumstances suppose their long foreknown 

 establishment in this country ; and together with their 

 general diffusion in certain soils, incline us to consider 

 them as indigenous, and not introduced by Sir Kenelm 

 Digby for medicinal purposes, nor, according to Da 

 Costa, by Mr. Howard as an article of food. ( See p. 

 35. of the Introduction.) 



Dr. Turton observes, " After the animal has been 

 extracted, there remains at the bottom of the shell a 

 glairy transparent matter, which affords one of the 

 best and most durable cements in nature, resisting 

 every degree of heat and moisture." 



d. ARIANTA Leach MSS. 



Shell subglobose, landed; peristome rather thickened; 

 axis perforated; epiphragm membranaceous. 



24. 6. HELIX arbustorum. Shrub Snail, (t. 3. f.25.) 

 Shell somewhat globular, rather solid, brown or 

 yellowish, marbled and marked with a single 

 band; mouth roundish lunate; peristome reflexed, 

 white. 



Helix arbustorum. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 1045. ; Mon- 

 tagu, p. 413. ; Drap. p. 38. t. 5. f. 18. ; Brard, p. 

 65. t. 2. f. 12.; Pfeiffer, t. 2. f. 7, 8. 



