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THE NAl'TILUS. 



Helix albolabris. 



It is a scene of primitive sylvan grandeur not often found 

 in this part of the countj'v. Great numbers 

 of fallen trees and decaying logs are lying in 

 every ravine, and the ground is thickly 

 carpeted with leaves. It is thus an ideal 

 home for the land snails, which flourish in 

 abundance, and a " happy hunting ground " 

 for the enthusiastic collector, who, if he pays it a visit during a warm, 

 humid day of summer — ^just after a shower for instance, when every- 

 thing among the trees is saturated, and the air is smoking with 

 moisture — will find the woods literally teeming with ^Molluscan life. 

 ^-^ ' -^.^ The writer on one such day 



carried home actually two 

 quarts ofsplendid live speci- 

 mens in his pockets, besides 

 having filled all his collect- 

 . iiata. ing boxes. They speedily 



became quite a slimy mass, not conducing in any great degree to 

 personal comfort, but who among the Nautilus people 

 could resist a like temptation ? 



At such a time an abundance of Helix ulholahris, 



urge and beautiful, and H. ^Ay/ro/c/es, crawling about 



„ the logs, and traveling among the leaves; plentiful 



supplies of H. alternata and palllata, but keeping 



H. paiiiaui. nearer at home ; ocasionally a Zonites fullginosus, — 



a very pretty shell when perfect ; many of ^. tridentata; H. monodon 



(fraterva), and hirsuta to be had on closer search among the stones 



in the vicinity of the falls ; while down at the river's edge, on the 



rushes and weeds, are thousands of Succin.ea ora/is, and associated 



with them though in greatly lessened proportion, is an elongated 



form of iS. (ivnra of dark amber color, some individuals of which are 



found reaching 11 millimeters in leno^th. 



Patula alternala. 



( To be continued.) 



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