GUDAIIIGBY, 



•visited the ferm, and from appearances the body 

 presented, ihe stnck-keopers formed an opinion 

 that its death was produced by the bite of a 

 ireaomoua ^i$ke. 



about this part of the colony, and are used foi- 

 medicinal pnrposes : they are of a filack colonr, 

 with longitudinal orange lines extending the 

 irltole length of thtt body, the abdomen being of 



at Sydney, m few or xione are found in ita vi^ 



cinity. 



On the 19tli of IS^ovember 1 visited tlic farm 

 at " Gudarigby," the property of W. H. Button, 

 Esq., in eampiiiy lijiife^, Mr,. F* Bui* 



ton, and Mr. Man ton. lift T^tined the first 

 ni<>lit ill tlie hark liut erected on Mr. Manton's 

 farm. Snakes of the I>laek ami brown species 

 were numerous at this place, uo doubt arising 

 iemt &t jonmlm ibdng dLi$&e to t&e Mttrmn- 

 bidg^e tiver- We had aiifflLCient ptM of thie 

 existence of these reptih's, from seeiii*^- jjoveral 

 which luul rccenrly been {Irstrdyrd hy the men 

 on the farm ; one had (In)pjjed from the back 

 shed npon « mm% hd^i dtintig ttid .nighty and 

 occaakmed Mm quit, mA kave it\& tepUle in 

 nndistnrbed possession for the remainder nF thr 

 night: in the morning, search was made, the 



