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OUR REPTILES. 



stones " given by Pennant in his " British Zoology," 

 and who says of them — "Our modern Druidesses seem 

 not to have so exalted an opinion of their powers, 

 using them only to assist children in cutting their 

 teeth, or to cure the chincough, or to drive away 

 an ague. 5 ' 



ADDER -STONES. 



