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VI. SOUTH WALES PROVINCE, 
41. GLAMORGAN. 43. Rapwor. 45. PEMBROKE. 
42, BRECON. 44, CAERMARTHEN. 46, CARDIGAN. 
Glamorganshire (East). 
“T have seen more adders in one hour’s walk in 
the island of Arran than T have seen during a twenty- 
seven years’ residence in and regular walking in South 
Glamorgan—in fact, IT have only killed three in all 
that time. I consider them very rare here. They 
are only seen on the hilly districts, there averaging 
from 19 to 21 inches long. The ring snake, on the 
other hand, is common everywhere in the district, 
averaging from 32 to 41 inches in length, being found 
wherever there is a dunghill and some standing 
water, especially in the Vale of Glamorgan. (The 
slow-worm—dAnguis fragilis—is always called an adder 
here, and is fairly common. Before the Government 
took possession of the island of Steep Holm in the 
Bristol Channel, there was a very handsome cream- 
