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bed the proper places well over with Milletoe 

 Berries, till the Seeds got to fome fmall Cracks 

 or Crevices in the Bark, and^others of them ftuck 

 very faft to even fmooth places of the Bark, by 

 affiftance of the vifcous matter, which grows 

 plentifully all around them, under the white 

 outfide (Lin, and (Bird-lime like) will not quit 

 them, before they have taken fuch good root, as 

 to iiioot out there into fmall Bodies and BrancheSe 

 Every one knows that the Mifletoe Bird, which 

 is of the Thruih kind, plants Mifletoe by carry- 

 ing the Berries to Haw-Thorns, Oaks, Apple- 

 trees, &c, 



ly. I am credibly informed, that about twenty- 

 four years ago, as fome Labourers were at work 

 in a Gravel-pit at GoUinglo??, which was four- 

 teen foot deep, they found an Elephant's Tooth 

 or Tufk, and fome time after fold it to a Gen- 

 tlem^an of Curibridge^ whofe Name is forgot here : 

 Which reminds me, That at Hawnes, my Lord 

 Cart ere fs> Seat, about four miles from hence, 

 I took particular notice of the upper parts of fe- 

 veral large Faces, with monftrous great Horns 

 upon them. They did beyond all queflion for- 

 merly (perhaps many Centuries ago) belong to 

 the Bealls, called in Sweden^ and other Northern 

 Countries, an Elk, and were dug up out of a 

 Morafs or Bog in Ireland, Now I would wil- 

 lingly 



