Show uses of adder fat la picturesque england of the past the adder hunter plied his trade in our woods and forests the last of the adder hunters died a few years since mr C J cornish in his book on the new forest has given us an interesting picture of this worthy who was known as bousner Br he was slung all over with bags of backing his pockets were stuffed with tins and boxes and from hla chest hung a pair of long deteel forceps in his hand he carried a light stick with a ferrule in which when he roused the snake he put a short forked piece of hazel wood and darting it forward with unerring aim pinned the adder to the ground brucher Bru aher derived a considerable revenue from the sale of adder a fat which was regarded by the inhabitants 0 the now forest as a veritable phar it was believed to be a remedy tor tha bite of the snake and according to brashar Bru shar hla self his real name by the way was mills sprains black eyes poisoning with brass altea by rats and horses rheumatic joints and sore feet in men and dogs could all be cured by the application of this mf NL |