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“ It measured 6 feet 1 inch (its tail short and blunt), 
and lOi inches round the body. It was very inactive, 
lying all day in a corner of its cage, or coiling in graceful 
folds about the perches. 
“ On the morning of the 1 9th of October, I was sur- 
prised to find my captive had produced twenty- three 
young ones ; they were all perfectly formed and of much 
the same size. I measured six of those that died first, and 
found them 16 inches long and IJ inch in circumference. 
The last of the young ones died on the 24th, and the 
mother on the 28th, of the same month. Since that time 
I have only caught two or three more, and they have 
always got away by some accident or other ; but I hope 
soon to find more, as I am anxious to try them again, for 
I had always supposed they laid eggs like other snakes, 
though this one certainly brought forth her young alive. 
“ I am, my dear Sir, 
“ Yours very truly. 
“ F. R. Griffith.” 
