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posed not to bite, I had one specimen (2 feet 7 inches) 
which I could never take out of her cage without an 
attempt on her part to bite me—an attempt, moreover, 
which was frequently very suecessful. I have at 
present in captivity a ring snake which is so tame as 
to readily take a frog from my hand whilst itself 
being held in the other; and this snake will also 
come the whole Jength of a room to my whistle. 
Shortly after I captured her she deposited 29 eggs, 
none of which was I successful in hatching, 
“The adder averages here about 20 inches. I have 
no knowledge of the occurrence of the smooth snake 
or the small red viper in the immediate loeality.”—A. 
Cheshill, St Leonards. 
ARUNDEL Disrrict.—* In this district I should say 
that the ring snake is more common than the adder, 
though the latter is also pretty plentiful. In my 
experience I should put the average leneth of the 
harmless species at about 2 feet, and that of the 
adder at about 21 inches, locally. [have never come 
across the rare smooth snake here.’—Leslie E. Lewis, 
Dinsted Rectory, Arundel, Sussex. 
EaAstsourne Districr.—* Speaking from personal 
observation of the country within a fifteen-mile radius 
of Eastbourne, I should say that the rine snake is 
undoubtedly the most common species found. The 
