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tivity measuring over twenty feet, though it may 

 be thought to be about thirty feet by those who 

 have not measured it. 

 Fine When at Peradeniya Gardens (close to Kandy) 



at Peradeniya I saw among the collection of snakes kept by Mr. 

 E. Green, a very large specimen of Ancistrodon 

 Hypnale, which, judging from the size of the head, 

 which was nearly as large as the first joint of a 

 man's thumb, must have been nearly two feet in 

 length. Mr. Green very kindly showed me also a 

 curious bottled specimen of the above snake that 

 had for its tail a short blunt stump, such as may be 

 found among the Uropeltidae. 



