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being 150 mm. Ventrals 212, sub-costals (allowing 6 for the missing 
portion ) 35. 
The only instance I can find of a Banded Krait larger than the 
above was recorded in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History 
Society, 31st October, 1911. It was killed at Koderma, E. I. Ry., by 
Mr. Hayes, a Mine Manager, and measured 7 ft. in length. 
MALCOLM SMITH. 
September, 1918. 
No. XI—NOTE ON AN INLAND SEA CAVE IN MUANG PRAN. 
In a country where such excessive upheavals of the earth’s 
crust took place in early geological times, and where we have now 
comparatively recent deposits lying close to the very oldest igneous 
rocks, it is not surprising that some evidences have been discovered of 
present day land movement. 
Ihave for some time held the opinion that the whole of this 
Peninsula is gradually tilting from East to West, and the following 
note gives, I think, further strength to my theory. 
At Muang Pran, where I was surveying last season, there is a 
hill known as Sam Roi Yot (300 Points ). It is an isolated mass of 
limestone, rising vertically from the plain, at a distance of two miles 
from the coast, Seen froma distance, it has all the appearance of an 
island, the surrounding plain lying very low. On the seaward side 
there are springs of fresh water, and the land is taken up with gardens. 
On the land side is a large swamp, which dries up in the hot season, 
leaving a winding steam of brackish water. ‘The soil is salt and only 
. suitable for growing coconuts and long grass. At the southern end of 
the mass, on the landward side, I found a cave and the general over- 
hanging appearance of sea erosion on the rock. The cave is at present 
well above the high water sea level, but was reached by the fresh 
water flood of 1912. Viewed from the top of the hill, the ground 
shows the distinct form of an old sea beach which is not now reached 
by the high water spring tides. 
On the whole I conclude that Sam Roi Yot was at some not 
very distant date surrounded by the sea, and what I observed tends to 
show that the hill has risen. My conclusion is further strengthened 
by the general silting up which is found upon the shore of this coast, 
whilst the opposite coast in Trang does not show the same effect, but 
appears rather to be sinking—thus showing a tilt of the Peninsula 
towards the West. 
S. W. MASTERMAN. 
November, 30, 1913. 
[Since we naturally expect to find stream-erosion caves in limestone, it 
should be carefully ascertained whether there are any traces of an old cave 
stream. It would be interesting also to learn if any other evidence is forth- 
coming to support Mr. Masterman’s theory of this land moyement,—Eds. ] 
