88 On the Land Shells of India. [Feb. 



specimens might be found in the hills, and accordingly whenever our 

 encampment lay within a moderate walking distance, I set forth, after 

 breakfast, with sundry apparatus for digging up and securing whatever 

 prize I might be lucky enough to meet with. 



For the first day or two my search for shells was ineffectual, and I 

 returned to my tents tired, and puzzled to account for my bad success, un- 

 til at last, we encamped between two detached hills. Here I once more 

 commenced a search, which for several hours proved as unsuccessful as 

 before ; but the day being cool, and the surrounding scenery very beau- 

 tiful, I climbed up the rocks and crossed over to the eastern side, where 

 I again commenced a search, which in a very short time was rewarded 

 with a more abundant supply of living Pupae than I had ever thought of 

 obtaining. 



These were buried deep in the earth, where they might undoubtedly 

 have remained, safe from prying eyes, had not a little mouse, fortunate- 

 ly enough for me, selected that very spot, whereon to sink its subter- 

 ranean retreat, and thus unconsciously betrayed the hidden treasures. 



The circumstance of these shells being found only on one side of this 

 rock, induced me to go and examine the one on the opposite side of our 

 encampment, and there also I found Pupae deeply buried in great num- 

 bers, but only on the eastern aspect. 



From this time I made a point of inspecting the neighbouring hills, 

 whenever within easy distance, sometimes finding no shells, while at 

 others I found them in abundance, and invariably facing towards the E. 

 or S. E. In company with these, I found at different places a few spe- 

 cimens of Bulimus (No. 5), Pupae (Nos. 7 and 8), and Succinea (No. 9). 



I now began to recal to mind the situation in which I had found 

 Bulimus No. 5, and Pupa No. 8, at Mirzapoor, and they also were de- 

 cidedly only to be found on the S. E. side of my Bungalow ; and 

 moreover, I am nearly certain that Helix, No. 3, found at Tara, was 

 also on the eastern aspect. Pupa No. 7, and Succinea No. 9, as also 

 numbers of Pupa No. 6, were found on the rocks at Beana, facing to 

 the same direction ; and Bulimus No. 4, although a few were found 

 elsewhere, were by far more numerous on the eastern side of the trees, 

 than on the others ; and this also I observed at the commencement of 

 the rainy season at Neemuch. 



Having therefore satisfied myself that all the living species of land 

 shells, which I have collected, were found on or nearly on the same as- 

 pect, viz. eastern or S. E. ; it only remains to ascertain the cause of such 

 partiality, and as this is most probably connected with the welfare of the 

 animal, it maybe concluded that the all-wise Director of nature has imparted 

 an instinct to these tender beings, which enables them to choose the 



