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great numbers during Lent, supplies being brought from the Sffif 
canton of Appenzell. At Naples a soup made from Helix nenior 
is sold publicly to the strange population with which the streets 0 
that city swarm, for the king’s pavement is their bed-chamber, dink 1 ? 
saloon, and work-room. In France, snails are a valuable resource 
the poor in the southern departments. 
The flesh ol all snails is not alike in a culinary point of 
Amateurs class as first in quality Helix vermicula, called at M ll] h 
pelier the Little Hermit, because it buries itself so deeply in llS 
l*ig. 1^0. Helix uspersa (Muller). 
shell. Helix aspersa (Figs. 180, 181, 182) is thought to be m 0l ‘ 
tender and delicate. In Provence it is called tapada, that ,s ’ 
“ closed,’ from the cretaceous covercle which closes its shell. 
Fig. 18!. Helix aspersa (Mttller;. F «- 
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In the north of France, and round Paris, Helix pomatia is 
favourite culinary snail (Fig. 183). This is the species which 1 
used as a speaking sign-board over the doors of the wine-shops aD 
