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20 per cent, more than they would be if separated. Reindeer 

 horns bring from $4.30 to $6.70 gold per pound ($9 to $14 

 of the local money); these horns weigh from two to ten 

 pounds each, from thirty to forty being packed in a single 

 case. For stag horns, if of superior quality, much higher 

 prices are paid, sometimes as high as $9 in gold per ounce; 

 the weight of these horns runs from four to fifteen pounds. 

 Wild sheep horns are cheaper, fetching from $3.60 to $5.75 

 gold per ounce.* 



Horns of various kinds find use as amulets in Spain, more 

 especially for donkeys or mules; one of these is a deer's 

 horn through which has been passed an iron loop for suspen- 

 sion. Usually when several of these animals are driven into 

 a Spanish town from the country, only the leading donkey 

 bears such an amulet, or perhaps two of the animals. They 

 are almost exclusively employed by the peasants, the dwellers 

 in the towns rarely having recourse to them, and the peas- 

 ants are generally very loath to sell them, probably from 

 the fear that ill-luck may result from parting with one. 

 Bone amulets fashioned into the form of a horn are worn by 

 children in Seville, Granada, and other Spanish cities, as 

 charms against the Evil Eye and against the ailments inci- 

 dent to teething. In parts of Andalusia the superstition 

 exists that if an envious or otherwise evil glance falls upon a 

 child, the full force of the malevolence is spent upon the 

 guardian amulet, which will break under the strain, but 

 saves the infant from harm. Another child's amulet in this 

 country is a boar's tusk, sometimes mounted in silver, and 

 one specimen from Seville with chains attached was asserted 

 to have been worn by a woman as a lactation amulet, f 



*Consul General George E. Anderson, of Hongkong, "Deer and Reindeer Horns in 

 China," in Daily Consular and Trade Reports, February 5, 1914, p. 469. 



tW. L. Hildsburgh, "Notes on Spanish Amulets," Folk Lore, Vol. XVII, 1906, pp. 454- 

 472. See PI. IV. Fig. 1, and PI. VII, Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 16. 



