30 JULY 1921, Page 17

THE AGE OF SNAKES.

[TO THZ EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."]

St,—As a question relating to snakes has been raised in your columns, may I ask if anybody can tell me what is the maximum age which snakes, and especially large snakes, are known or may be reasonably thought to attain? I speak of snakes living under natural conditions, not in captivity.—I am, Sir, &c.,