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ANOTHEE DANGEEOUS INTEODUCTTON, 



Poisonous and Other Reptiles. 



The Hawaiian Islands have always been famed for thcii- free- 

 dom from snakes and our people and animals could wander 

 with impunity through our valleys and over the hills and 

 mountains. An importation arrived on the 2nd of June ex 

 S. S. "Alameda" from California, that mifi'ht have put an 

 end to such delightful serenity. This was the arrival of ihree 



