136 Dr Scouler on the Occurrence of the 



years ago (1833) in the alluvium of the Clyde, on the north 

 side of the river below its junction with the Kelvin. This 

 alluvial matter consists chiefly of finely laminated sand, of 

 which sections are disclosed by the operations now in pro- 

 gress for improving the navigation of the river. It was in 

 the alluvial matter thus exposed, that the remains were found^ 

 and but for the attention of Mr Smith, of Jordan Hill, would 

 have been thrown aside and forgotten, as has no doubt been 

 the fate of many equally interesting relics. The remains 

 consisted of a cranium of the extinct Ox, Bos ■primigenius, 

 along with a number of fragments of deer's horns, most of 

 them so imperfect, that it was difficult to decide whether they 

 should be referred to the red-deer or the rein-deer. The im- 

 perfect fragments were smooth^ and somewhat compressed, 

 circumstances which afforded a presumption that they did 

 not belong to the red-deer, but fortunately there was among 

 them an antler, which removed all ambiguity. This frag- 

 ment was 3 inches in breadth and 10 in length, and cor- 

 responded precisely to the brow-antler of a fine head of the 

 rein-deer, preserved in the Andersonian Museum. This por- 

 tion was flat and smooth, as in the rein-deer, and terminated 

 in three distinct digitations precisely as in the recent speci- 

 men in the Museum. 



It has already been stated that these fragments were found 

 in the river alluvium, associated with the cranium of the 

 Bos primigenius. Whether they were contemporary with 

 man is an interesting question. In Denmark such topics 

 have excited much interest, and given rise to some very 

 curious investigations. In that country the remains of the 

 rein-deer and the Bos Urus are found associated with flint 

 arrow heads, stone hatchets, charcoal, and other relicts of 

 man, but no such direct evidence is to be obtained in the 

 present case.* It is, however, certain that remains of human 

 art, of equal if not greater antiquity, are to be found in the 



* Undersbgelser i geologisk-antiquarisk Retning af Forchhammer. Stein- 

 struap og Worsaae. Kopenhagen, 1851. These interesting geologico-antiqua- 

 rian researches form a short memoir of 57 pages, and their translation woiilfi 

 confer a favour on the English reader. 



