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average size there, and that he had killed as many as 

 fourteen in one day. During flood-time in these low- 

 lying parts of Mid-Somerset the ring snakes and 

 adders take to the trees, and I know a willow-stump 

 on which a rabbit, a rat, and a snake were seen 

 seeking safety together." — Arthur Ballied, Midsomer 

 Norton, Somerset. 



