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on the point of giving up our search when three dead specimens 

 were turned up. This put new Hfe into us, but notwithstanding our 

 efforts, no living examples were found. 



We must not omit to mention here that we received a permit to go 

 anywhere about the wood, through the kindness of a gentleman stay- 

 ing in the neighbourhood. This helped us considerably, as we had 

 then no fear of being molested for being off the public track through 

 the wood. 



By far the commonest shells of the district appeared to be Pyra- 

 niidula rupestris, which occurred on almost every wall, and Hygroinia 

 riifesceiis, with its vars. rubens, albo-cincta, and alba. One specimen of 

 the latter species had the spire remarkably produced. 



Another day was spent in exploring Holme Island opposite Grange, 

 which is practically an outlier of mountain limestone, connected 

 with the mainland by a causeway. It is about eleven acres in extent, 

 the greater portion being under cultivation, and we had not much 

 hope of any success here. We confined our researches to the extreme 

 point of the island where it juts out into the sea, and here amongst 

 the rocks and vegetation were found : — Helix aspersa, If. nemoralis, 

 H. horlensis, Hygromia rufesce?is, Hy. hispida, Helicella caperata, 

 Pyraviidula rotundata, Vitrea alliaria, V. nitidula, Cochlicopa lubrica, 

 Vitrina pellucida, Clausilia bidentata, and Jaminia cylindracea. 



The remainder of the day was spent in examining the hedges at 

 Low Meathop, where Fomatias elegans has been known to occur for 

 several years. A number of the type, along with the var. ochroleuca, 

 were taken, as well as specimens of Helix aspersa, H hortensis, 

 Hygromia hispida, Hy. rufescens, vars. rubens and depressa, Vitrea 

 cellaria, V. alliaria^ Ena obscura, Clausilia laminata, and Ja77ii?iia 

 cylindracea. 



On returning to Grange, the cliffs on Lindale Road were examined, 

 and here Helicella caperata and var. oj-nata occurred commonly, with 

 several of the species mentioned above. The chief prize, however, 

 was Vitrea lucida. 



The following day was spent at Cark and Holker, where we added 

 several freshwater shells to our list. In a brook not far from the 

 station we found Liimicea pereger, L. palustris, L. truncatula, Plan- 

 orbis albus, PI. contortus, Neritina fltiviatilis, Valvata piscinalis, 

 Ancylus fiuviatilis, and var. albida, and Physa fontinalis. We then 

 proceeded on through Holker, collecting specimens of Vertigo alpes- 

 tris, V. pusilla, Punctum pygmcEum, Balea perversa, and various 

 other species from the walls along the road. Our return journey led 

 us through Cartmell to Grange, and in the hedges we found a repeti- 

 tion of several of the species mentioned above, including Helix 

 aspersa and H. hortensis vars. lutea and coalita. 



