The potatoes failed, and did not pay for the digging; the currant bushes were blighted; the strawberries were eaten by Snails, and, of course, no asparagus could be cut for three years; a little item, this last, quite overlooked.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Seeds, roots, tender grasses, and Snails and insects in the mud left by the low tide are their usual winter food.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Probably the name was given by gunners, who see him only in winter when hunger drives him to eat mussels-but even then he likes mud-Snails much better.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long