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animal, if seen detached from its shell, might be 

 mistaken for a Sepia, bearing so great a resemblance 

 to the Sepia Octopus, or light-armed Cuttle-fish, 

 that its principal difference consists only in the 

 shape of those arms that are used as sails. 



SNAILS. 



The Snails have a spiral and somewhat pellucid 

 shell, the aperture of which is roundish. Their bo- 

 dies, in general construction, are similar to those of 

 the Slugs. 



The wise Author of Nature has denied to these 

 animals the use of feet and claws to enable them to 

 move from place to place, but he has made them 

 ample amends in a way more commodious to their 

 habits and mode of life, by the broad skin along 

 each side of the belly, and the power of motion that 

 this possesses. By this motion they are enabled to 

 creep, and by the skin, assisted with the glutinous 

 slime emitted from their body, they adhere firmly 

 and securely even to the smoothest surfaces. 



When the Snail is in motion, four horns are dis- 

 tinctly seen proceeding from it head ; but the two 

 uppermost and longest of these deserve peculiar 

 consideration, both on account of the various mo- 

 tions with which they are endued, and also from 

 their having eyes fixed at the extreme ends of 

 them. These appear like two blackish points, and 

 when taken from the body are of a bulbous figure. 



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