46 A NATURE WOOING. 



ber, most of which are dead, of that curious snail, 

 Polygyra auriculata Say. It is known only from 

 Florida, and is readily distinguished 

 , by the great development of the 

 parts about the aperture, which are 

 so formed as to somewhat resemble 

 an ear, whence the specific name. 

 Fig. 11. Beneath the rubbish near the mar- 



^ o f fofe cleared tract I also take 

 numerous specimens of Physa pomi- 

 lia Conrad, and a very large ex- 

 ample of millipede, Spirobolus spinigerus Wood, 

 which the darkey said was sometimes so common 

 that he could gather a hat full. 



Asking him about lizards, he said there is one 

 about eight inches long, with red head and large ears, 

 which lives beneath logs "but, O Lawd, boss, I'se 

 af eared to touch him." He probably referred to old 

 specimens of Eumeces fasciatus L., a very common 

 lizard hereabouts. Speaking of the centipede, Scol- 

 opendra morsitans, he said : "It's all day wiz 'yon-all 

 if one of them air centipedes strikes you.' 7 When 

 asked if their bite killed a person, he said, "Xo, but it 

 makes 'im sick fer a month." 



March 11, 1899. To-day, one week ago, I arrived 

 in the "Land of Flowers." At this season of the year 

 it belies its name. Few are the flowers which I have 

 seen. 7 Tis a land of sunshine, but too often the icy 

 breath of King Boreas sweeps down and pinches with 



