Further confirmation of these indiscriminate terms we find in three other writers, viz.:—First, Dr. Dalton:[122] ‘The boa constrictor is known as “Bushmaster” by the colonists. “Camoudi” is a name indiscriminately applied to all large snakes. There is the land Camoudi, and the water Camoudi, while the Kunikusi or Courracouchi of the Indians is _Crotalus mutus_, which is termed “Bushmaster” in the forests.’ Secondly, H. W. Bates[123] says: ‘The natives called _Trigonocephalus atrox_ the Jararaca.’ Thirdly, Dr. Otho Wucherer[124] affirms that a ‘venomous tree snake (_Craspedocephalus bilineatus_) is called _Surucucu patyoba_, from the palm on which it is found, and another tree snake is _Suru. Uricana_, from another palm in which it resides; while _the_ Surucucu (_Lachesis mutus_) lives in holes in the ground. It is about ten feet long.’ This latter is called _Suru. bico di jacca_, from the resemblance of its strongly-keeled scales to the prominences on the ‘jack fruit;’ _Xenodon rhabdocephalus_ is also _surucucu_, while the true ‘Jararaca’ is _Craspedocephalus atrox_. Here are contradictory _Curucucus_ and _Jararacas_ in plenty, all impressing upon us the importance of comparing evidence if we wish to arrive at a truth. ‘Why spend so much time about a mere name?’ Well, as in the solution of a problem, you desire to ‘get it right.’ Besides, you ask, ‘Why so many names to one snake?’ and in sifting out this _Curucucu_ and the _Jararaca_, we discover reasons for the many synonyms. A. R. Wallace once more presents a clue:[125] ‘At Säo Gabriel I saw on the rocks asleep one of the most deadly serpents in South America, the “Surucurú” (_Lachesis mutus_). It is very handsomely marked with rich amber brown, and armed with terrific poison fangs, two on each side.’ Here we are enabled to associate a scientific and a vernacular name with a ‘handsome,’ though not a ‘rainbow-coloured’ serpent. Sir J. Fayrer describes the _Ophiophagus_ as the largest known venomous serpent ‘_except_ the Bushmaster, which is said to attain fourteen feet.’ By this time, in addition to the ever-varying vernaculars, we learn of Waterton’s ‘Bushmaster’ as _Lachesis mutus_; _L. rhombeatus_; _Crotalus mutus_; _Trigonocephalus mutus_.