Character of the Elk. 117 

 in phalanx firm 



They face the fierce assailants. 



. As soon as I ascended the Bank, they crowded 

 together, and then formed in a Line facing me. Their 

 large branching horns, added to the stateliness of their 

 Figures, formed a View interesting enough to check 

 the Ardour of a Hunter. 



So on his Back their horrid Horns descend. 



They pitch their Horns at the Dogs. The Height 

 from which the horns must descend has induced 

 the Idea that they strike like a Man with a Pole, 

 which appears to be erroneous. 



An Elk, killed in 1804, attacked the Dog by push- 

 ing at him in a manner somewhat similar to raking a 

 Garden, and never raised his Horn.s to strike. 



XX. Case of Ptyalism (apparently ) produced by the 

 External Application of the Lunar Caustic, or 

 Nitrate of Silver. Communicated, in a letter to the 

 Editor, from Thomas Walmsley, M. D., of 

 Elizabeth for Eager'' s) toijon, in Marylaijd. 



J. F., a man of sixty or seventy years of age, 

 has formerly been of a stout frame, and strong con- 

 stitution ; but is now rather infirm. He has always 

 supported an excellent character, but has indulged 

 .himself, occasionallvj in a little irregularity. He has, 



