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how did they get into the house ? But after I had 

 got these full and careful reports from my correspond- 

 ents there was not much of a problem then left to 

 solve. 



No doubt the headquarters of this colony of ring 

 snakes is in the old quarry. From there they have 



Fia. 7. — Eggs found in the old wall. 



nothing to prevent them getting round to the back 

 of the houses, and the wet ditch is the place they 

 would naturally make for. Given a hole in the 

 back wall "of house No. 2, and the entrance is suffi- 

 ciently obvious. From the fact that these twenty- 

 two made their appearance all at once, I think that 



