refembling that than Goats Elelh.; far from thence lies Ume-
Park belonging to Peter Legh of'-line, Efq; in which, there are
a grrat Number of Red-Deer, of* which this is r^mai^able, that
once a YeartheKeepens drivelthefen together qpDn, a graft Plain
before the Gates of the Sail, a thing,I belief,not praftis’d upon
thefe Wild Creatures do-any <sfh£fi part of the'» World; The won-
derfuj confept thpre^ betwixt^th^ Horn? aud „Tefftcfes of<the£e
features is fcarceto fcfe irtagifl^as lfka^f^heir Y-daify baling
their Homs,'Iris moft c^ain.if^^peer befeldiitefore the
Eruption of their Homs, they never produce any afterwards,and
if befoi^h^ufoaV^flfe "of cifti^ ffceinV t^flf thep, ripver caft
thofe they are pofleft of ; which Phenomenon to me febms to
argue, thit the prinHpal^occalfon of cafting tteir Horns'ls, that
about Rutting time t|ar Tefttcfesare morf pregnant than at o-
ther Seafons, hence their Blood being raifed to an higher Fer-
ment, nay indeed to fo touring a' Pitch that Naturb irfelf is al-
moft unhing’d, hence die Blaod/YeMs i*ingldiftenH|'d beyond
.their Natural Tone ? are uncaga^le tp ^ ^ in , kanyjpn^^ but
are
which abound with them, are difporled of all poffible Communication
of Nonrifhmentjby whfeh me^ans th£ Npryes.amjrender’d
Weak and Languid, the Horn corlfequentiy by.ift.bwn Alight
declines, and falls affty thefe Horri^ Iferd ’nV*m Chymical f^epa-
rations, an Gil, and a Spirit , which is iiideed ribthing But the
Volatile Salt diffolved in Phlegm,- and a Volatile Salt, ’ which are
all of them of Extraordinary ufe in Languors, and Convulfive
Diftempers, or in any Malady of the Nerves ; It is affirm’d, by
the Learned Dr. Brown in his Travels in Hungary, that m Servia
where the Plague frequently rages, they find no better Antidote
againftit than Eating the Flefh of thefe Creatures, for which
there may he this Reafon, it is probable the Flefh of thefe Creatures,
contains a greater quantity of yolatile Salt than other Flefh
may, by which means it becomes a more generous Food,and by
a more than an Ordinary Volatilized Chyle , prevents Coagulation
of the Blood which caufes that Peftilental Diftemper,
thofe Volatijie Alkalies, deftroying the other Saline, Acid particles
3
ticfes tha,t ? ^ e ^ .C ^ u lu m ;j^ri^Hoi^.pf thefe: Creatures
^y fhe^.own E%via,afei|^y^tible.fetQ!a jjiiy is
E fetE^piateAPej;#^ and a nobfeffeod to any,:'it
may ibe it was from this Preparation received
.the ftrfe;hint of his Mejv Digefter, by which he Converted
Bones iprpi.M^rpyv by^tfeeir: own -Effluvia,, whfeh I have feeu
tóqeptly, %perwente4;by that E^4fenLChymift -fhrifi^
«tor in the PqNfek Lat^arQry of that
jpoftrlEfeurifhing ILnfeerfty.; it
thöt^hyfeCre^Ees when; they .fhd ^emfelves Eneof^paflfed by
the Dogs, and ^ippiSbilMy^efeape^ wljlwefepiiiiQfl; Mouror
Lhdyi, i> dgta:tbat to a Tender
rife&eht of that days Recreation, fo endearing a Principle Js Life
to all -Creatures.
-li.uInLhe gfe fpotted Deer ; There
ffeme of :thöfedikewifein.jptó«^^-Par4 , bejgggpg to^he
Right Honourable the Earl gfc Warrington in the County of-Cita*
$&>'■!!' i p j ‘in bejpng.
ing tpstSir tfdjpftsMfyon. of U iddktm ,thefe I prefumy wer^ fepft
I -brought-from;thehjghdaqdsidf &9t1&id. They haveno Hprn^bpt
are like the Wild Bulls and -Q3Lwa.«^od:th^;f|a^aj^.qf America,
^Wch Monfiffur Hennipm has giyeft us a fpÜ iSPtunpt im his
Travels up the River Mefo/hipfc. ypon the Banks of yvhiehfg^
Herds of thefe are frequently Leen Grafing, and are Huntedby the
M im s e s the Deer by us ; The defefe of Horbsk thefe Beads
brings into my Mind a very remarkable Phenomenon of one Alice
them; \ whole Pifture I -hafyeffeeo in WhAlfy-Jlbkyi ija
this Woman had Two Horns Which grew out at the back part of
her Head,they grew backwards like thofe of Rams, and WQfe about
three Inches long, thefe fhe eaft once in throe Years, and had always
intolerable paips before the Horns broke out, whence came this
Lufus Natur<tifx fPrseternafural accident, is,I t h i n k , n o t
to! be,accounted for, upt ifs at the tinae of Coition fqme fuch Moir
■ftroijis ldea might then be imprinted omthe F#tus, which is the
moft probable QonjeQ:ure I can make on this point, fince we have
feveral Inftancesof ftrange Impreflions thus Effe«3 iid, n Remarkable