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numerous in Lauderdale in 1864 (‘Scotsman’ and 
‘Zoologist’). . . . Mr James Caverhill says, ‘The 
country round about Crichness is full of “ether.”’ 
On a certain rocky face he could undertake to kill 
a dozen in a suitable day. Taking the country gener- 
ally, a shepherd might kill twenty to thirty in a 
season. 
“ Dr Hardy says in reference to the Border counties, 
‘At Caldra shepherd’s house, at foot of Spartleton, 
adders are numerous. Occurs in Greywacke Crags. 
The Dye Water, apparently to near its head as well 
as its tributaries, full of adders.’ 
“As regards the north side of the Forth, I have 
no actual record for Fife, though I have been told 
that adders used to be seen on a moor in the western 
part of the county. In the detached portion of 
Perthshire immediately to the west of Fife Mr J. J. 
Dalgleish informs me that many were killed in 1869 
on a piece of moss of three or four acres which was 
being levelled. Since then he has not heard of any 
in that quarter. In the more highland part of the 
valley beyond Stirling they are still to be met with 
in many spots, but, except in a few localities, not 
plentifully. . . . Between Callander and Port-o’- 
Menteith the moors round about Loch Rusky are a 
favourite habitat, where a few are killed every year. 
The only example of the reddish-brown variety I 
have been able to hear of was killed a few years 
ago ina ploughed field a mile or two from Callander.” 
