Class III. BLIND- WORM. 



We are inclined to think that his informant mlf- 

 took the black or dufky viper for this kind ; for, 

 excepting the viper, we never could learn that 

 there was any fort of poifonous ferpent in thefe 

 kingdoms. 



In Sweden is a fmall reddifh ferpent, called there 

 Afping^ the Coluber Cherfea of Linnaus^ whofe hire 

 is faid to be mortal. Is it poflible that this could 

 be the fpecies which has hitherto efcaped the no- 

 tice of our naturalifts ? I the rather fufped it, as 

 I have been informed, that there is a fmall fnake 

 that lurks in the low grounds of Galloway^ which 

 bites and often proves fatal to the inhabitants. 



D3 CLASS 



