amongft plantations of pepper. It fometimes at¬ 
tains to a very confiderable fize; having been feen 
of the length of more than feven feet. The head 
is of moderate fize, or fcarce of greater diameter 
than the neck, and of a fomewhat flattened fhape: 
the body gradually thicker towards the middle, and 
fuddenly contracts towards the tail, which is very 
fhort in proportion, and flightly acuminated at its 
extremity. The colour of this curious fnake is an 
earthy-brown, deeper on the back, and fomewhat 
paler or more inclining to white on the under fur- 
face : an obfcure fort of variegation is alfo vifi- 
ble on each fide the body. It is an animal of an 
unpleafing appearance, but is not of a poifonous 
nature, being unprovided with thofe tubular teeth 
or fangs which are peculiar to venomous ferpents. 
The fpecimen from which the prefent figure was 
taken is in the Britifti Mufeum, and is about three 
feet in length. 
On accurate examination, by the affifiance of a 
glafs, the verrucas or prominences on the lkin of 
the Acrochordus appear to be a fpecies of fcales, 
extremely convex, and furnifhed with an elevated 
femi-longitudinal obtufely-acuminated ridge or Ca¬ 
rina; and the fmaller fcales, or thofe towards the 
tail, are furnifhed with two fmaller or lateral pro¬ 
minences ; viz. one on each fide the middle one. 
