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CHAPTER XXII. 

 III. THAMES PROVINCE. 



15. East Kent. 20. Herts. 



16. West Kent. 21. Middlesex. 



17. Surrey. 22. Berks. 



18. South Essex. 23. Oxford. 



19. North Essex. 24. Bucks. 



Kent. 



Dover District. — " I should say that the ring snake 

 is spread over a larger area — that is, its distribution is 

 more general — whilst the adder is more inclined to 

 affect certain suitable localities. Personally I have 

 come across more adders than ring snakes, probably 

 in the proportion of two to one. In this district we 

 should consider an adder over 24 inches a very large 

 one, and a ring snake over 36 inches would be very 

 exceptional. Last summer (1900) a neighbour of mine 

 killed a rinsf snake in his garden measuring^ 351 inches, 

 which he brought to me as being a large one." — W. 

 Jacob, Eythorne, nr. Dover. 



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