no TiMEHRI. 



large in the boat, their opportunities were by no means 

 limited to one's feet. 



In this neighbourhood too, a magnificent green Boa 

 was obtained. It was noticed by one of the boatmen, 

 who by nature seemed to possess a wonderful faculty 

 for perceiving snakes among the bushes as the boat 

 passed by, and in places where it often required close 

 search ere any other person could dete6l them. In this case, 

 it was particularly difficult to perceive the snake which 

 was but a green body lying across the green bushes 

 overhanging the river side. The markings of the species 

 are most handsome and striking : the body being of a 

 deep and vivid green with a series of transverse, narrow, 

 sometimes diamond-shaped, yellowish-white areas, ar- 

 ranged like a mosaic along the back, and outlined by 

 a darker green fringe ; while the large ventral scales 

 are of a pale cream-white colour, and the lower 

 part of the sides of the body are of a bright yellow, 

 spotted with green. The edges of the upper and 

 lower lips are yellow, and lined by a series of deep 

 pits, giving a peculiarly open appearance to the sides 

 of the head ; and the eyes are greyish-brown, with 

 a slit-like transverse pupil. The snake is known to 

 the Indians by the name of " Wyopomoi." 



About the same time, another specimen of the same 

 species, had been obtained, as I afterwards learnt, at the 

 Morawhanna passage in the North-West Distri6t, and 

 was brought to the local Museum by Mr. J. F. A. Raw- 

 LINSON, who accompanied His Excellency the Governor 

 to the Distri6t. This specimen has been since then, and 

 is still, exhibited alive in the Museum. It is curious that 

 the markings on this snake are almost identical 



