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tunities of attaining its majority. Ring suakes are 
certainly seen in larger parties. JT have never seen 
more than one adder at a time, but some time ago 
my brother and inyself were lifting an ancestral 
tombstone which had fallen. Underneath there were 
ten ring snakes, the longest about 1 foot in length. 
“The adder averages 18 to 24 inches in this 
loecality.’.—Frank Davies, Newcastle Emlyn. 
Radnorshire, Caermarthen, Pembroke, and Car- 
digan. 
“JT have been in Radnorshire for eighteen years, 
but have never heard of or seen any snakes, though 
the slow-worm is plentiful. From personal know- 
ledge of the three other counties above mentioned, 
I can say that the adder is plentiful in all of them. 
Several times [I have seen the result of their bites 
on dogs—considerable swelling for 5 inches or so 
round the spot bitten—but I have never known of 
death resulting. I once saw a wren’s nest full of 
young dead birds and an adder hanging from the 
nest. In these latter three counties, also, the ring 
snake is fairly common, of a grey-blue colour, and 
generally about 3 feet long.”—Rev. J. Herbert, Dis- 
serth Rectory, Llandrindod, Radnorshire. 
Cardiganshire. 
“The adder is the common snake in this county. 
Its average length is about 18 inches. This species 
