350 The Rev. T. RAckETT's Observations on a Viper, $c. 
I received the viper from the Rev. John Tregonwell Napier, 
Rector of Chettle in Dorsetshire, who killed it in Cranborne 
Chace. It is extremely rare, but known to the gamekeepers under 
the name of “Tne Rep Viper.” <A mutilated specimen sent to 
me last year, was when recent of a bright red colour inclining to 
orange. The bite is much more venomous than that of the com- 
mon viper; as I have been assured that a dog which had been 
bitten by a red viper, expired before he had reached the extre- 
mity of a down in his way home. 
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