C *7i D 
7V«»g. 6. ^ fpurious Brood of fame other Ich«~ 
neumon f owe times found in their Nefis. 
Virginia, Aug. z. 1690. 
Amongfl a parcel of Plants, Shells, Infecls, &c. 
tranfmitted this year, (to whom I know not ; he means, 
I fuppofe, Draughts and Figures) be pleafed to accept of 
this fhort Description of a Land-Snail jvhofe Figure is that 
N. 1. 1. The out-fide is of an Afh colour, inclining to a 
fellow, the in- fide White, with a Blufh of Red • and in- 
the middle of the Entry on the Inturn of the Shell, grows - 
a fmall white Tooth, or Protuberance. But what is mofl 
remarkable, the Shell its felf is tranfparent ; and you 
may plainly perceive by the Opacity there, that the Body 
of the Animal lies near the Spiral St ring or Center, om- 
which the Arch is turned, and that the Empty part of 
the Shell is fpread with a thin f potted Film. Near the 
Tooth, but more inward, is to be feen a little waterijh 
Speck, which by a kind of Syftoie and Diaftole contrails : 
and dilates its felf ; from this proceeds a lympid Trunk, 
which rum into the Film, and there divides into Branches 0 ° 
Thefe. grow leffer, and fpread as the Animal recedes or 
approaches t he Mouth ; and when it is out, extend them- 
Jelves to the very Lip of the Shell. 1 fuppofe the fame 
to be in all, at leaft the Land-kind, tho not eafily to be 
difcerned. It is likely alfo, that the Film , the Nautilus . 
or Carvil fas the Sailors call it) exerts, may be analo- 
gous to this. 
This Defcription of the Heart of a Snail agrees well 
with the Anatomy thereof, made, and long iince pui> 
lifted by Harder > alfo with (that other Anatomy of 
the fame Animals, by Francifcus Redl. 
Virginia^ 
