CHAPTER XV 



I. PENINSULA PROVINCE. II. CHANNEL PROVINCE. 



I. Peninsula Province. 



SOMERSET. 



" The slow-worm and the common lizard both abound. 

 The sand Lizard is found on the Mendips, where it has 

 taken up its abode in the huge accumulation of fine 

 sand, and the refuse of the lead workings, which 

 have been carried on from very early times. I 

 am not sure of its existence anywhere else in this 

 neighbourhood." — Herbert E. Balch, Laura Place, 

 Wells. 



"The slow -worm is the most common in this 

 district, the only other lizard I am acquainted with 

 being the viviparous lizard, which I have seen in the 

 neighbourhood of Glastonbury in the Mendip Hills, 

 and at Clevedon. Slow-worms are common in all 

 parts of the county as far as my observation goes." — 

 Arthur Ballied, Midsomer Norton. 



" The slow-worm and the common lizard both occur 

 in suitable localities in the district 15 miles round 



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