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I 36 r of the shell, and become incrustated. This will also give you some idea how the shells of fishes are forinett. - Pup. Are smails found in all parts of the world? Tut. They are; there are few shells more variable: in point of size, colour, and disposition of its marks, the snail exhibits the most inconceivable diversity. The larger and more beautiful kinds are natives of Asia and Southern Europe, the size gradually di minishing, and the colours becoming less vigorous, as the species approach the north, Pup. Are not sonae species of the snail kimi reckoned good food? Tui. Yes, there is one species calied the Edible snail. In Fugland it is sound an inch and a half or two inclies in diameter, and on the continent of Europe it is still larger. In ancient Rooie, this animal was reckoned a most favourite article of food; and the great people had their snail stews, in which they were in “d and fattener!. I) IA f.()( A'£ Xi. Of Plants and Flowers,. &c. Tut. Our indulgent Creator, who formed this earth for us to live upon, forated it also to produce what is necessary for our support and pleasure—such as trees, plants, and flowers, in very great variety. From the beginning of the world these have continued in regular succession, without, as far as we know, any new creation in any one production of the earth, unto the present day. Neither in living creatures, is there‘any