Prussian Elk and the American Moose-deer. 119 



of Prussian elk-horns in the possession of Mr. Flaw, Modi- 

 fort-court, Fenchurch-street. 



This pair of Prussian elk-horns weighs twenty pounds and 

 a half: the larger weighs ten pounds and a half; the smaller 



Horn of the Prussian Elk. Horn of the Moose-deer. 



The *oro of the Moose-deer is copied from a sketch in the " RecJierches sur les Ossemens 

 Fossiles" of Cuvier, torn, iv., pi. iv., p. 70. 



exactly ten pounds. The palmated part is divided by a deep 

 and wide cut between the antlers 4 and 5. This cut termi- 

 nates exactly over the stem. 



The two palmated portions, formed by the above-mentioned 

 cut, are not equal in extent ; but the surface of the smaller 

 contains more than one- third of the whole. The larger portion 

 has four antlers, the smaller three. The neck, formed by the 

 cut, and uniting both palmated partitions, is only four inches^ 

 wide (from a to 6). The breadth of the larger partition at 

 the root of the antlers (from c to d) is ten, and that of the 

 smaller (from etof) is eight inches and a half. The length 

 of the larger partition, from the root of the largest antler to the 

 neck, is twelve, that of the smaller ten inches. 



The largest antler of the larger partition is ten inches long ; 

 the others from seven to ten. The antlers of the smaller par- 

 tition are from five to eight inches long. The circumference 

 of the largest antler at the root is six inches and a half ; at 

 that place it is still somewhat palmated, but two inches further 

 up it is round. The stem of the horn (from g to /i) is six 

 inches long ; from the root of the stem (</) to the termination 

 of the cut (a) are ten inches. 



The two partitions do not lie in the same plain ; but the 



