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SERPENTS. 



might be mentioned whose names are familiarized to ns by the 

 accounts of travellers. 



1 G 31') —(OBI A NAJA 



The Viper {Yipcrns htrusj inhabits the mountainous^, stonj, and 

 woody di&tiict^- ot our own i^sland. It feeds on mice, i>iole&, ^oung• 



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Fig. Jl^j.— ^.J^r.x^. 



