660 
MISCELLANEA. 
Moore, who furnished Mr. Malcolm with the information contained 
in his work relating to the medicinal plants cultivated at Mitcham. 
The following are the names of the principal growers at the 
present time, with the number of acres of land each person has 
under cultivation, and the number of stills in use : — 
Growers’ Names. 
No. of Acres. 
No. of Stills. 
Mr. Moore 
350 
5 
“ Arthur 
300 
3 
“ Martin 
40 
“ Newman 
40 
1 
“ Sprules 
2 
“ Weston 
0 
820 
14 
Several other growers cultivate a few acres of land. 
A considerable number of medicinal plants are cultivated at 
Mitcham. Among the most important of these may be mentioned 
aconite , chamomiles , belladonna , elaterium, liquorice, henbane, 
lavender, spearmint, peppermint, roses, poppies, savine, violets, 
angelica , stinking or ache, car away , foxglove , lovage, elecampane, 
marshmallow, and hemlock. The principal part of the growers 
cultivate only peppermint and lavender, and some a few chamo- 
miles. Mr. Arthur grows rather a larger number of plants than 
any other. 
Pharmaceutical Journal for September 1850. 
Anecdotes of Fox Hunting. 
The owner of a pack of fox hounds once lost a very valuable 
gold watch in a severe chace, and desired his huntsman to proclaim 
the circumstance in returning home, and to offer a reward of two 
guineas to any poor person who might find it. His groom in the 
course of the evening brought him his watch, which he was, of 
course, much delighted to see, and to find perfectly uninjured by 
the fall. He took out his pocket-book, and, handing his servant a 
couple of guineas, told him “ to take good care of the fellow, and to 
give him the reward he so well merited.” — “ What fellow, your 
honour 1” — “Why, the fellow who brought the watch !” — “ Nobody 
brought the watch, your honour.” — “ Then, where did you get it, 
John?” — “ I picked it out of Patrick’s hoof, your honour: he is the 
most carefullest horse I ever knowd ! ” 
When a fox is taken alive, it is a common trick of his to feign 
being dead ; in which state he will suffer a dog to pull him about, 
without betraying the least symptom of life, until a favourable op- 
portunity arises for making his escape, when he is up and away in 
an instant; and when he falls into inexperienced hands, he generally 
succeeds, and effects his escape by the stratagem. 
