Show ana Is hard to kill snails are slow even when it comes to flying and one naturalist who had mo anted a shell upon a card was sur to find tour years later that the warm water employed in soaking the shell off the mount had revived the in mate which he had long supposed to be dried and dead several specimens in adoth col lection were revived in a man ner after they had lain in a drawer tor some fifteen years these had not been glue 1 to a card but had been left I 1 lying loose and though frequently handled had shown no signs of life they were thrown into tepid water with the idea of cleaning the shells but to the surprise of the owner the snails were found creeping about the basin when he returned to complete the task |