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CHAPTER XXXI. 

 XII. LAKES PROVINCE. 



09. Westmoreland with 70. Cumberland. 



North Lancashire. 71. Isle of Man. 



The Lake District, or Cumberland, Westmore- 

 land, and Lancashire north of the Sands. 



Ring Snake. — "In the extreme south-west of Lake- 

 land the grass snake is not uncommon. Mr W. 

 Duckworth assures me that he can find specimens 

 any sunny morning in the neighbourhood of Ulver- 

 stone, and he has sent me ova of this snake from 

 the district. Among the mountains this species be- 

 comes comparatively rare, but Mr Tom Duckworth 

 met with single specimens at Stanley Gill, Eskdale, 

 and at Holmrook, near Gosforth. In the Eden 

 valley, as in the north of Cumberland, this snake is 

 extremely local, if not rare. Mr Tom Duckworth 

 has met with specimens in the Newby Cross woods, 

 in which he also found eggs of Tropidonotus natrix. 



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