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SfimlilaiK'o TO a stiim', it is considered by popular 

 rumour to inflict a ilradly sting vitli it. 



This liideoiis reptile is thick in proportion to 

 it^ lengtli •) the eye is vivid yellow, witk a blaek 

 icingltiidliial ]mptl ; iStij^ colour of the bculy Is 

 ficidt to be described, being' a complication of 

 dull colours, witli narrow, Ijlackish liands, shaded 

 off into the colours which compose the back ; 

 abdomen slightly tinged with red ; head broad, 

 tiikk>, md ifettew<id; The ^eeimea I ftxanlSt^ 

 measured two feet two inefies in lengthy ^d 

 fi\ e liielk's in cireumferente. It is, 1 believe, an 

 und escribed species.* A dog that was bitten by 

 oue, died in less than an hour. The specimen I 

 e^tttin^d i^ Ibiitid ^il^ v$ mi^ Ore hmM ^ 

 the Murrumbi%^ tlT^ J Md Mug of a torpid 

 disposition, did not move when approaclied, but 

 ijuietly reposed in the pathway:, with its head 

 turned beneath the belly. 



Hie ^^immpi misHm** mhm^Tin^i miaSm «i 

 laig^ md 1 beto« k' Bdt coaisidered ve«^ 



nomous. It is said, that when cattU are bitten 



by a venomous snake, they resort immediately 

 to the water. A cow was found lying dead near 

 the i^^^er, at ** Gndarigby," during the time I 



* There is a tine stuffed specimen ot" tliis reptile deposited 

 llifif Colonial Muaeunij in whicli the &3i&m fiflr^ fe- 

 taked. 



