283 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 IV. OUSE PROVINCE. 



25. East Suffolk. 29. Cambridge. 



26. West Suffolk. 30. Bedford. 



27. East Norfolk. 31. Hunts. 



28. West Norfolk. 32. Northampton. 



Suffolk. 



" In the Ipswich district neither the adder nor the 

 ring snake can be called common, though the adder is 

 seen the more frequently of the two. It rarely ex- 

 ceeds 24 inches in length. The ring snake when 

 found is between 24 and 30 inches. The smooth 

 snake does not occur, to my knowledge." — G. H. 

 Hewetson, Hon. Sec. Scientific Society, Ipswich (Notes 

 from Mr Miller and Mr F. Woolnough). 



Norfolk. 



" I think I may safely say that there is no record of 

 the occurrence of the smooth snake in Norfolk. The 

 specimen of the ring snake in Norwich Castle Museum 

 is 3 feet long, and Mr Fitt of Norwich has a fine pre- 



