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VII. An Extract of ^ a Letter from Mr. Hopkins 
to Mr. John Senex, F. % S. concerning an 
extraordinary large Horn of the Stag fQnd, ta- 
ken out of the Sea on the Coaftof Lancaftwre. 
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I NCLOSED is a Sketch of an Horn, which I 
thought of an extraordinary Size, the Dimenfions 
whereof are exa&ly fet down,, as I took them tnyfelf, 
by laying a String along the Surface., Fid. Fig. 4. 
Part of the left Horn of a Stag. 
a e the Length. 30 Inches. 
b b the Circumference above the third Branch, 7 
Inches. . 
c the Circumference above thG fecond Branch, 8 
Inches. 
d d the Circumference between the Brow and fe- 
cond Antier, 11 Inches. 
ee the Circumference i o Inches. 
d e the. Circumference of the Brow-Antler, 6 
Inches. ,v.«..wv - 1 r. su ihu: 10 
ef the Length of the Antler, 16 i Inches. 
This Horn was drawn outof Raven’s Barrow 
Hole , adjoining to Holker Old Park , by the Net of 
a Fifher.man, 90 the 2.0th of. June, 1717. The 
Tide flows conftantly where it was found, and the 
Land is very high near it. 
This Horn is now in the Poffeflion : of Sir Thomas 
Lowtber, Bart, of Holker, in Cartmett in Lancajhire. 
SIR , Tour Humble Servant, 
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