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Show Birds' slaughter Blocks. In country districts where shelied snails are abundant a thrilling thing it is to see robin, goldfinch or thrush capture a snail and hie them to a certain cer-tain smooth-topped stone, there to soar high in the heavens and repeatedly drop the unhappy snail until finally the shell is triumphantly cracked open as you would a nuL These slaughter blocks, anvils or stone are to be found almost anywhere that birds and snails are common. It is, to be sure, no easy matter, to catch the resourceful birds in the act; but even if your patience goes unrewarded the crushed and broken houses ot shell scattered near such stones tell the tale. |