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it^ preferring moifture to actual fluid, and is rarely found 

 immerfed but infliallow pools, expofed to the fun. 



It never creeps up the plants, but always keeps 013 

 the mud. 



This (liell has probably been confounded for the young 

 o^ tha palujiris, but is generally of a lighter colour, and 

 is rarely, if ever, found with that (hell. It is extremely 

 common in fome parts of DevonJIiire, and in many other 

 places, where the palujlris is not to be found: in the 

 fouthern parts of that county, every little fplalh, or mud- 

 dy place by the road fide is full of them ; but have ne- 

 ver found the other in thofe parts. We have even met 

 with it upon the top of one of the highell hills in Corn- 

 toall, at the verge of a fpring near the Lizard^ where 

 no other fpecies of (hell was to be found. 



Animal dufky : tentacula two, fomewhat cornprefTed, 

 fhort : eyes on the head, at the bafe of the tentacula, 



5. 

 Helix peregra. Gmel. Syji. p. 3659. — Turt. Lin. iv. p. 537. Peregra. 



MuUer.Ferm. ii. p. 130. 324. Tab. IG. f. 3. 



Favun. t. 61. E. 4. 

 He'ix putris. Br, Zool. t. 86. £ 137. 

 Helix atrata. Chan. Conch, ix. t. 135. f. 1244. 1. 2, 

 Gualt. t. 5. f. C. C. 



Sch'roet. t.6. f. 3. 6.— 1.7. f. 12 ?— & t. Min. 

 C. f. 2. 



H. with 



