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never seen one nearer. The occurrences of the 
smooth snake are as follows :— 
“1891. One killed by me in mistake for an adder, 
which I still have preserved. 
“1898. One taken alive by me and sent to the 
Zoolovical Gardens, one killed by accident, and a 
cast skin of a third found by my children. 
“1899. One killed in mistake for a viper (a young 
one). 
“1900. One taken alive and handled by myself, 
and which I believe is still hving.”—Bryan Hook, 
Churt, Farnham, Surrey. 
Oxtep Disrrict.—<On July 7, 1900, I captured 
a large adder on ‘Tatstield Hill while collecting 
caterpillars. In picking these off some low-growing 
plants iy fingers encountered the adder, and I 
brought my butterily-net into play and caught the 
reptile in it. It measures 2 feet 2 inches in length 
and 34 inches in girth. I also caught a sandy-grey- 
coloured adder at the Warren, Folkestone.’-—M. G, 
Palmer, Wilmer Museum, W. Norwood, 8.E. 
Sutton.—‘ Many years ago I knew Sutton to be 
the happy hunting-ground of the adder. The Ben- 
hill Wood afforded shelter to innumerable adders, 
but Benhill Wood is now, I believe, Benhill town, 
but still the chalk pits in the neighbourhood must 
even now be their home. Many years ago a party 
