CHAPTER XNII. 
Ill. THAMES PROVINCE. 
15. East Kent. 20, Herts. 
16. West Ken. 21. MIDDLESEX. 
7. SURREY. 22. BERKS. 
18. SourH Essex. 23. OXFORD. 
19. Nort Essex. 24. Bucks. 
Kent. 
Dover District.—‘I should say that the ring snake 
is spread over a larger area—that is, its distribution is 
more general—whilst the adder is more inclined to 
affect certain suitable localities. Personally I have 
come across more adders than ring snakes, probably 
in the proportion of two to one. In this district we 
should consider an adder over 24 inches a very large 
one, and a ring snake over 56 inches would be very 
exceptional. Last summer (1900) a neighbour of mine 
killed a ring snake in his garden measuring 352 inches, 
which he brought to me as being a large one.”—W. 
Jacob, Eythorne, nr. Dover. 
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