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CHAPTEE XXL 

 II. CHANNEL PROVINCE. 



7. North Wilts. 11. South Hants. 



8. South Wilts. 12. North Hants. 



9. Dorset. 13. West Sussex. 

 10. Isle of Wight. 14. East Sussex. 



Wiltshire. 



" Though T have lived all my life in North Wilts I 

 have never seen an adder. The ring snake, on the 

 other hand, is common." — Rev. Ed. H. Goddard, Clyffe 

 Vicarage, Wootton Bassett. 



"Years ago, when I lived in Wiltshire, I knew the 

 ring snake to be very abundant in some localities." — 

 Richard Howse, Museum Nat. Hist. Soc, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



Dorsetshire. 



" Ring snake. — In the district of Bloxworth it comes 

 up from the woods and heaths in considerable num- 

 bers every summer to deposit its eggs in fermenting 



