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forated by, and had attached to them, a number 

 of these worms, varying from one and a half to 

 two inches in length, and of a bright red colour : 

 I preserved them, together with the lungs, in 

 spirits, and sent them to the museum of the Royal 

 College of Surgeons, in London.* 



There is another dangerous snake, called 

 " yellow snake" by the colonists, and'" Jaruk" 

 by the Yas natives : it attains a large size, and 

 has the reputation of being very venomous, 

 the bite producing almost immediate death. f 

 The most deadly snake in appearance, and I be- 

 lieve also in effect, is one of hideous aspect, 

 called by the colonists the " death adder," and 

 by the Yas natives " Tammin," from having a 

 small curved process at the extremity of the tail, 

 or, more correctly, the tail terminating suddenly . 

 in a small curved extremity, bearing some re- 



* Both the black and brown snakes take to the water on 

 the appearance of danger ; indeed they evidently procure 

 their food from the banks of streams, and may be considered 

 both land and water snakes. 



f From the following paragraph, copied from the " Sydney 

 Herald" newspaper, the bite of this reptile does not prove so 

 immediately fatal as had been represented to me. 



" The overseer of Mr. Cox, at Mulgoa, a few days since, 

 was bitten by a yellow snake. The piece was cut out, but 

 the unfortunate man still remanis in a dangerous state." — 

 October 25th, 1832. 



