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We append a figure : 
(Vipera russell, X 3, to show peculiarity of nostril and nasal scale.) 
This snake is very common, especially so in certain parts of the Province, 
notably Mahlaing, Magwe, and Myo-thit, all in U.B.,+ where it is so abundant 
that the Burmans in these localities make themselves shoes with grass or mat 
uppers when busy in the crops, for the sole purpose of protecting their feet 
from this dreaded creature, We have known them come into the bungalow, 
and out-houses even in thickly populated parts, 
In the aggregate, we have had 302 specimens,and these include forty-two 
species, A very large number of these reached us fresh, some freshly pre- 
served in spirit, and a few were old specimens, which had been in spirit for 
an uncertain period, Comparatively few were sent in, or procured by us alive. 
The comparative measurements of scales referred to above, were determined 
with pin point compasses and lens, 
t Upper. Burma, 
