The Adventure of the Speckled Band the snake wrong, a theory that the swamp adder was an artificial hybrid between the Mexican Gila monster ("Heloderma suspectum") and "Naja naja". His speculation suggests that Doyle might have hidden a double-meaning in Holmes' words. What Holmes said, reported by Watson, was "It is a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India"; but Klauber suggested what Holmes really said was "It is a "samp-aderm", the deadliest skink in India." "Samp-aderm" can be translated "snake-Gila-monster": "Samp" is Hindi for snake, and the suffix "aderm" is derived from "heloderm", the common or vernacular name of the Gila monster generally used by
Hawk of the Hills (short story) of characterization is also praised and this story is noted as the reviewer's favourite of the series. The story is currently in print in the first volume of Del Rey's "The Best of Robert E. Howard". Hawk of the Hills (short story) "Hawk of the Hills" is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the June 1935 issue of the pulp magazine "Top-Notch", one of only five of the El Borak stories published within Howard's lifetime. The story was featured as the cover of that issue. The story is regarded as one of