ELK. 
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one, that a piece of the Elk's hoof, set in a 
ring worn by epileptic persons, or the hoof 
held in a patient's hand, or applied to the pulse, 
or put to the left ear, or suspended from the neck 
so as to touch the breast, and a variety of simi- i 
lar mummeries, would eradicate that cruel ma- 
lady in the human specieSe 
The flesh of the Elk is said to be L'ght and 
nourishing ; but the nose of the Moose-Deer, 
according- to Pennant, is reckoned the greatest 
delicacy in all Canada : the tongues, which 
are excellent, are frequently brought to Eng- 
land, from Russia; and the skin makes exceK 
lent bulF-leather, said to be capable of repelling! 
a musket-bullet. [ 
