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Description. 



applied in surgery, and is found to adhere tod 

 long, it is easily removed by putting salt and pep- 

 pier, or acids, upon it. 



This species is viviparous, producing one 

 young at a time, and this about the month of 

 July. If it be confined in a glass, and kept in a 

 room, it is said to show itself very restless before 

 a change of weather. Other species lay their 

 eggs on aquatic plants, and others carry them 

 under their belly; each egg contains many eggs. 

 Several of the smaller species may be multiplied 

 by cutting. 



THE SLUG. 



THE body of the slug is oblong, and has oft 

 its upper part a kind of fleshy shield ; and below 

 a flat longitudinal disk, by means of which the 

 animal has its progressive motion. On the right 

 side of the body there is an aperture. Above 

 the mouth are situated four feelers, at the apex 

 of each of the two larger of which there is an 





These animals are very voracious, and \Vould 

 do serious injury to our fields and gardens were 

 not their numbers abridged by several of the 

 smaller quadrupeds, and by various species of 

 birds. 



Most of the species can exist for a great length 

 of time, several months, without food, and if their 



