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rock I found bristling with hundreds of minute slender 
shells, all of the same species (Cylindrella suhula)^ 
alive, but shrunk into the interior of their dwellings, 
which were attached by their mouths to the surface 
of the rock, at various degrees of inclination from the 
perpendicular. The great majority were decollated, 
as is customary with this genus ; but some half-dozen 
occurred in a perfect condition, the shell running off 
into a delicate taper spire with an acute point. The 
summit, however, was excessively fragile, so that it 
was almost impossible to secure the specimens, with- 
out reducing them to the ordinary condition of ampu- 
tation. 
The gentleman on whom my friend had intended 
to call was lying on what proved to be the bed of 
death, too ill to receive us ; we therefore returned 
without accomplishing the main object of our jour- 
ney, but in other respects much gratified. 
NIGHTSHADE AND MISSELTOE. 
Immediately behind Bluefields, extending over the 
plain at the foot of the mountain, and considerably up 
its steep side, is the pen of Pinnock Shafton. A 
small inclosure, into which the numerous cattle may 
be driven for examination when required, contains a 
few objects of interest. The loose stone walls that 
surround it, as well as the other fields, are half- 
hidden by a vegetation whose wild luxuriance con- 
ceals or adorns their naked unsightliness. Long 
Cacti, with cylindrical or angular stems, especially 
Cereus grandiflorus and C. triangularis, trail irregu- 
