The Life-History of British Serpents And Their Local Distribution in the British Isles
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. . . " In Peeblesshire the viper or adder — we are told iu Chambers's History of tliat county — was then (1SG4) common. . . . " One about 24 inches long was killed in Mincli- nioor in 1892, and a large exanqile in the schoolhouse garden at Tweedsmuir iu 1892. In the parisli of Temple, in tlie southern portion of Mid- Lothian, and towards the foot of the Moorfoot Hills, it would appear still to linger in one or two suitable spots. . . . " Throughout the greater part of the Lammermoors adders ar...e still fairly common. Thej' were unusually 358 EKITISII SERPENTS. numerous in Lauderdale in 1S(J4 (' Scotsman ' and ' Zoologist ').... Mr James Gaverliill says, ' The country round about Criclmess is full of " ether." ' On a certain rocky face ho could undertake to kill a dozen in a suitable day. Taking the country gener- ally, a shepherd might kill twenty to thirty in a season. . . . " Dr Hardy says in reference to the liorder counties, 'At Caldra shepherd's house, at foot of Spartletou, adders are numerous.
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