ew 
~I 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
XII. LAKES PROVINCE, 
69. WESTMORELAND WITH 70. CUMBERLAND. 
Norta LANCASHIRE. 71. IstE or Man. 
The Lake District, or Cumberland, Westmore- 
land, and Lancashire north of the Sands. 
Ling Snake-—‘ In the extreme south-west of Lake- 
land the grass snake is not uncommon. Mr W. 
Duckworth assures me that he can find specimens 
any sunny morning in the neighbourhood of Ulver- 
stone, and he has sent me ova of this snake from 
the district. Among the mountains this species he- 
comes comparatively rare, but Mr Tom Duckworth 
met with single specimens at Stanley Gill, Eskdale, 
and at Holmrook, near Gosforth. In the Eden 
valley, as in the north of Cuimberland, this snake is 
extremely local, if not rare. Mr Tom Duckworth 
has met with specimens in the Newby Cross woods, 
in which he also found eggs of Lropidonotus natrie. 
La 
