OXONIENSIS.

_The Hyena an Ingredient in Love Potions._--In Busbequius's _Letters_

(Elzevir, 1633) I note that the Turks consider the hyena useful in love

potions. I extract the passage:

"In amatoriis ei vim magnam Turcæ, ut etiam veteres, tribuunt, cumque

essent duæ eo tempore Constantinopoli, mihi tamen vendere gravabantur,

quod se Sultanæ, hoc est, principis uxori, eas reservare dicerent,

quippe quas philtris et magicis artibus animum mariti retinere, recepta

in vulgus (ut dixi) opinio est."--P. 84.

Allow me to add a Query: What ancient authors allude to this old specimen

of Folk Lore?

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