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TRENT PROVINCE, 
IT saw a female adder swallow her young in my 
father’s garden, at the edge of a shrubbery, but my 
memory of the occurrence is too confused now to 
be of use as evidence. But I know that at least 
thirty years ago I fully believed that I had seen the 
thing done.”—F, T. Mott, Birstal Hill, Leicester. 
“In this county the ring snake is the most com- 
mon, and averages 30 inches in length. 
“The adder here is very rare, and those I have 
seen have been small, about 14 inches long.”’—Frank 
Bouskell, F.E.S., FAR.H.S., Market Bosworth. 
“The ring snake, the most common ophidian in 
this county, has here an average length of from 27 
to 30 inches. The adder grows to 18 inches.”— 
Montagu Browne, I.G.8., F.Z.5., Corporation Museum, 
Leicester. 
Rutland. 
“The ring snake is the most comimon in this county, 
and averages about 2 feet in length, I should say. 
Adders are not common near here, nor do they grow 
to any large size.’—Reginald Haines, M.A., Upping- 
ham, Rutland. 
Nottingham (Retford District) and Lincoln. 
“T have no secure evidence that the adder is found 
in the Retford district at all. 
“The rine snake is not at all common, and many 
of the younger generation do not appear to have seen 
