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hill overlooking The Briars, in the cutting of the road from 
Jamestown to Longwood, about 1200 feet above the sea-level, and 
about two miles in a direct line from the spot where the larger 
Bulimi were found.” 
I have examined the spot above The Briars referred to by Mr. 
Blofeld, and the soil, with its embedded shells, gives unmis- 
takable evidence of having been washed down to its present 
resting-place from some higher altitude by the agency of heavy 
rains. 
CLASS I.— CEPHALOPODA. 
Order Dibranchiata. 
Fam. Odopidce. 
Octopus, Cuv. 
* 0 . sp.? — This repulsive-looking creature, commonly known as 
the Cat-fish, is plentiful in the nooks and rocky holes on the coast, 
about high water-mark, occasionally reaching a considerable size, 
and measuring from eighteen to twenty-four inches across the 
arms from tip to tip. The natives use it as food, in spite of its 
appearance, but more generally cut it up as bait for fishing. 
Argonauta, Linn. 
A. argo, Linn. — The Paper Nautilus is rarely seen, but I found 
two small shells, which had been washed or blown ashore, on the 
beach at Sandy Bay. 
CLASS II.— GASTEROPODA. 
Order Pulmonobranchiata. 
Fam. Limacidce. 
Limax, Linn. 
L. gagates, Draparnaud. — This British Slug is probably an 
introduction through the medium of Wardian cases containing 
living plants. 
*L. n. sp. ( Two species of Garden Slugs which are very abun- 
jdant and very destructive. They are chiefly confined 
*L. n. sp. (to the high central land. 
