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colour, and the spiral consists of ten whorls. In form 

 it is not unlike the buds of the beech-tree, on the 

 trunks of which it is also sometimes found. 



Another is less common, being confined chiefly to 

 chalky districts, inhabiting woods and hedges, and is 

 of a dark greyish-brown colour. 1 It consists of ten 

 or twelve whorls in the spiral, is rather smaller than 

 the last, and is marked with regular longitudinal striae 

 or lines. 



There are other small shells found in the woodlands, 

 but to describe them we must enter into too minute 

 detail, and should our woodland companion have so 

 far overcome his repugnance to snails as to desire 

 their better acquaintance, he will experience no diffi- 

 culty in obtaining a small handbook, which will teach 

 him better than we can hope to do with so wide a field 

 to scamper over, and thus make good our omissions. 

 Those who would find the small and delicate shells, 

 the tenants of which inhabit dead leaves and moss, 

 must not be afraid to go down upon their knees 

 in the wood, and search diligently if they would be 

 successful. 



It may be desirable to add a hint or two on mani- 

 pulation. When a trip has been successful, and a 

 number of living snails collected and brought home, 

 they should at once be thrown into boiling water, in 

 order to kill the animal and preserve the brightness 

 of the shells. They should then be at once taken 

 out of the hot, and thrown into cold water. The 

 dead animals may then easily be turned out by means 



1 Cldusilid biplicata. 



