Analysis of Wines from mr, Palestine, §c. 249 
38. Bos taurus, Linn., ( 
39. B. Americanus, 
40. Ovis aries, Linn 
41. Capra hircus, Li 
42, Cervus Virginianus, Gmel., Deer. 
43. C. Canadensis, Briss., Elk. 
Bs: ane a ‘i 
Arr. IV.— Analysis of Wines from Palestine, Syria, and Asia 
Minor, and of specimens of American Cider ; by Prof. Ep- 
warp Hircucock, LL. D. of Amherst College. 
&. 
Ir is well known that in the discussions which have arisen in 
this country and England on the subject of temperance, much 
as been said respecting the character of the wines described in 
the Bible and other ancient writings, By some it was maintain- 
ed, “that few if any of the wines of antiquity were alcoholic ;” 
“that the strongest grape-wines of the ancients had in them a 
less quantity of alcohol than our common table beer ;? “that of 
one hundred and ninety five kinds of wine used by the Romans 
in Pliny’s time, only one was alcoholic ;” “that amongst the 
Jews in Judea, there was a real difficulty, from chemical and 
hatural causes, in the making and preserving any wines except 
the unfermented ;” “that the wines of Palestine were not alco- 
holic,” &e, (Anti- Bacchus.) A vast amount of curious learning 
CAPS oe ee enn 
39. The evidence I have of the former existence of the bison in this county is, 
that several skulls, with the nucleus of the horns attached, have been ploughed 
up in our alluvial fields. They have all been found in an advanced state of de- 
Composition. 
42. The deer is seldom seen in this county at present, except some that are do- 
Mesticated. It was formerly common game. 
3. An elk was killed not far from Richmond about the year 1811. The horns 
of the elk have been found in our woods in various states of decay. One i 
ssession, originally between five and six feet long, was obtained within three 
miles of Richmond, and was sufficiently sound to induce the former owner to saw 
of © ends of the branches for knife-handles. Elkhorn, a water-course near 
Richmond, received it from th ber of these horns found upon its banks: 
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