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every one ; and the horns of the flag are of great 

 life in mechanics; they, as well as the horns of 

 the reft of the deer kind, being excefTively com- 

 pacV, folid, hard and weighty, and make excel- 

 lent handles for couteaus, knives, and feveral o- 

 ther utenfils. They abound in that fait, which is 

 the bafis of the fpiritof Hartjhorn •, and the remains 

 (after the falts are extradled) being calcined, be- 

 come a valuable aftringent in fluxes, which is 

 known by the name of burnt Hartjhorn. Befides 

 thefe ufes in mechanics and medicine, there is an 

 inftance in Giraldus Cambrenjis^ of a countefs of 

 Chejler^ who kept milch hindes, and made cheefe 

 of their milk, fome of which flie prefented to 

 archbiihop Baldwin^ in his itinerary through Wales^ 

 in the year 1188 *. 



* Girald. Camb, Itin, p. 216- 



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