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HILLS OF TSU-SIMA. 
ground, I captured specimens of a very fine carabus, 
and as I emerged once more from this shady path 
into the merry sunshine, I saw apoderus, hispa, and 
cassida alighting on the sunlit leaves. At this 
season of the year there are but few flov'crs, but 
you will notice everywhere the white clustering 
blossoms of Syringa, the white dog-rose, and the 
welcome fragrant honeysuckle. 
When I reached the pine-clad summit of the hill 
all appeared silent and solemn. The only bird I saw 
was a large kite, which hovered above the trees, 
and the only sound I heard was the continuous 
cawing of the rooks and the loud grating noise of 
the cicada. The hills of Tsu-Sima are composed of 
slate-stone, and in that island, among the loose 
moss-grown stones among the trees, I discovered 
several kinds of air-breathing mollusks ; but here 
the basis of the hills is granite, and I cannot find a 
single species of operculate land shell. Among the 
foliage of the trees I noticed Hadra orientalis, a 
handsome banded snail, and Hadra peliomj)hala. In 
the dense brushwood on earthy banks, I found 
