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CHAPTER XXV. 

 VI. SOUTH WALES PROVINCE. 



41. Glamorgan. 43. Radnor. 45. Pembroke. 



42. Brecon. 44. Caermarthex. 4(>. Cardigan. 



Glamorganshire (East). 



" I have seen more adders in one hour's walk in 

 the island of Arran than I have seen during a twenty- 

 seven years' residence in and regular walking in South 

 Glamorgan — in fact, I have only killed three in all 

 that time. I consider them very rare here. They 

 are only seen on the hilly districts, there averaging 

 from 19 to 21 inches long. The ring snake, on the 

 other hand, is common everywhere in the district, 

 averaging from 32 to 41 inches in length, being found 

 wherever there is a dunghill and some standing 

 water, especially in the Vale of Glamorgan. (The 

 slow-worm — Anguisfragilis — is always called an adder 

 here, and is fairly common. Before the Government 

 took possession of the island of Steep Holm in the 

 Bristol Channel, there was a very handsome cream- 



