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in the cause of liberty, obtained a free pas- 

 sage through Bushey Park, which had many 

 years been withheld from the people/' 



The fruit of the horse-chesnut-tree is 

 ground, and given to the horses in Turkey, 

 particularly to such as have coughs, or are 

 broken- winded. The Turks also give it to 

 milch cows, it being found to increase the 

 quantity of milk, without injuring the qua- 

 lity. In France and Switzerland horse-ches- 

 nuts are used for the purpose of bleaching 

 yarn, and are recommended as capable of 

 extensive use in whitening, not only flax and 

 hemp, but also silk and wool. 



A patent was granted, in the year 1796, 

 to Lord William Murray, for his discovery 

 of a method of extracting starch from horse- 

 chesnuts, and a paste or size has been made 

 from them, which is preferred by book- 

 binders, shoemakers, and paper-hangers, to 

 that made from wheaten flour. It is thought 

 that the meal of this fruit can be converted 

 into many useful articles, such as soap, 

 &c. ; and as it loses its bitter astringent taste 

 after it has been rasped into water, it is con- 

 cluded that it would be a wholesome food 

 mixed with flour or potatoes. The prickly 

 husks are valuable for tanning of leather. 

 Zannichelli affirms, that he has made a 



