70 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
inches long by four and a half inches in its greatest 
breadth. 
In 1865 Sir Philip Egerton met with a small 
fragment of antler in a peat hag in Ross-shire, which, 
according to Professor Boyd Dawkins, “ beyond all 
doubt belonged to this animal.” 
The last instance which we shall notice of the dis- 
covery of Reindeer remains in Scotland has reference 
to the county of Caithness ; and we take this last 
because it leads directly to a consideration of the 
historical evidence which is to be found concerning 
the former existence of this animal in Scotland, and 
which evidence relates exclusively to this country. 
Dr. Smith, in the memoir referred to, has de- 
scribed at some length the ancient circular forts or 
“brochs’”’ which are to be met with in some parts of 
Scotland, and which in several instances have yielded 
such very interesting relics of pre-historic man. 
Amongst these is the “broch” of Yarhouse, in 
Caithness, about five miles to the south of Wick, on 
the estate of Thrumster, and at the south end of 
the Loch of Yarhouse. Of this Dr. Smith has given 
a very full description, from notes by Mr. Anderson 
and Mr. Robert Shearer, of Thrumster, who care- 
fully examined it, and his remarks are illustrated by 
a ground plan, which renders his account the more 
instructive. When the examination of this “broch” 
first commenced, it was to all appearance nothing 
but a grass-covered mound, and was situated on 
what had once been an island, a fosse about twenty 
feet broad having separated it from the land. It 
