FAUNA OF THE "CEDARS," LEE, KENT. 257 



of mine was exceedingly fond of fishing in this pond, and was 

 there nearly every day. Once, while fishing from the hridge, he 

 struck, as he thought, a fine Carp, which, on reeling in, was 

 found to be a Tortoise. It had to be landed somehow to get the 

 hook out, and to do this it had to be hauled up to the bridge. 

 My uncle was a sensitively humane man, and when it was up 

 his troubles were far from over, as it kept drawing in its head, 

 hook, line, and all. He finally returned the creature to the 

 water, put up his things, and never fished there again. 



A few days ago one of the gardeners killed a Ringed Snake, 

 two feet six inches long. As these Snakes live mainly on Frogs, 

 it had probably only recently left the water ; so I suppose it is 

 right to class it as another denizen of the "Cedars," ponds. 

 This is the first true Snake I have seen here, but I have several 

 times noticed a Slowworm basking in the sun. 



Zool. 4th ser. vol. IX., July, 1905. 



