SHAKES IN SINDH. 15 



killed in our own court-yard, and the tracks 

 of others were constantly visible in the dust 

 every morning, showing how numerous they 

 must be. 



None of the snakes in Sindh are, however, to 

 be compared with the rock snakes of India, 

 which are occasionally met with of enormous 

 size ; indeed, a snake of this description was 

 killed some years ago in the Wynaud Jungle 

 by Captain Croker, late of H. M. 84th regiment, 

 which measured nearly thirty feet in length 

 and three in circumference. The head and 

 skin of this unusually large specimen of the 

 Anaconda tribe were sent to the Hon. Arthur 

 Cole, then Resident at Mysore, where they were 

 preserved as curiosities. Captain Croker, who 

 was a capital shot and an untiring sportsman, 

 passed as much time as he could in the jungles 

 in the pursuit of game, and being quite indif- 

 ferent to personal comfort, he only required 

 shelter at night, which he obtained from the 

 villagers, with milk and rice in abundance for 

 himself and his attendant Shikaree, and he was 

 quite content with this simple fare. Captain 

 Croker was greatly liked by the natives, several 

 of whose languages he spoke sufficiently to be 



