Class III. BLIND-WORM. 



We are inclined to think that his informant mif- 

 took the black or dufky viper for this kind ; for, 

 excepting the viper, we never could learn that 

 there was any fort of poifonous ferpent in thefe 

 kingdoms. 



In Sweden is a fmall reddifh ferpent, called there 

 Afpingi the Coluber Cherfea of Linnaeus, whofe bite 

 is faid to be mortal. Is it poflible that this could 

 be the fpecies which has hitherto efcaped the no- 

 tice of our naturalifts ? I the rather fufpect it, as 

 I have been informed, that there is a fmall fnake 

 that lurks in the low grounds of Galloway y which 

 bites and often proves fatal to the inhabitants. 



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