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which, he says, are very superficial, and not carried on on a suf- 

 ficient scale, or with sufficient precautions, to arrive at precise 

 conclusions. I am not exactly aware of the mean annual tem- 

 perature of Freyberg ; its elevation, you know, was calculated 

 by Gharpentier at 16J30 Leipzic feet. M. G. 



3. On the Fossil Deer of Ireland; hy Mr Hart — In the 

 autumn of 1828, while some workmen were employed in making 

 preparations for planting the southern aspect of a hill of loam 

 sand close to Enniskerry, they dug up several bones belonging 

 to the fossil deer, C. megaceros, which lay buried in the loam at 

 the depth of 3 or 4 feet below the surface, and at an elevation 

 of about 40 feet above the level of the bed of the river which 

 runs at the base of this hill. As the persons into whose hands 

 these remains fell were not aware that any importance would be 

 attached to their discovery, the occurrence attracted no particu- 

 lar notice at the time, in consequence of which the greater part 

 of the bones were lost, or variously dispersed, when the above 

 circumstances became known to the Rev. Robert Magee, who, 

 after some search, recovered a few bones, and a fragment of an 

 antler. This latter he presented to the Royal Dublin Society, 

 in whose museum it is deposited. It consists of the root and 

 part of the beam of the antler of the right side ; its length is 

 11 inches, and its circumference at the base 10 inches ; a por- 

 tion only of the brow antler remains, and is much worn, ap- 

 parently by attrition. The bones found in this place were not 

 in that high state of preservation, for which the bones of this 

 animal are so remarkable when found in marl ; they had less 

 specific gravity, were friable and powdery on the surface, and 

 their projections or processes were generally worn off. Not 

 being able to ascertain whether duplicates of any particular bone 

 occurred in this instance, I have no means of determining whe- 

 ther these remains had belonged to one or to several individuals. 

 ' The hill in which these bones were found is situated on the north 

 bank of the river of Enniskerry, opposite the village ; its height 

 is about sixty or seventy feet above the river ; it is one of a 

 series of heaps of diluvial gravel, dispersed through an extensive 

 valley, lying between primitive mountains. This gravel is com- 

 posed principally of disintegrated granite, intermixed with clay, 

 and contains round pieces of secondary limestone qf various sizes, 



