THE REINDEER. rp: 
would be beside our present purpose to refer in 
detail to the many interesting objects which were 
brought to light on opening up this mound. Suffice 
it to say that (in addition to human remains, bones 
of domesticated animals, shells of periwinkle, limpet, 
and cockle, coarse hand-made pottery and rude stone 
implements) the smooth flattened horns of the Rein- 
deer came to light, showing that this animal was 
either domesticated by the dwellers in the “ broch,” 
or at all events was hunted by them, and used for 
food. 
Under very similar conditions, other remains of 
the Reindeer have been exhumed from the Har- 
FRAGMENTS OF REINDEER HORN, CAITHNESS.*™ 
bour Mound at Keiss Castle, also in Caithness, a 
full account of which may be found in Laing’s 
“ Pre-historic Remains of Caithness,” and a briefer 
notice in Dr. Smith’s paper above referred to. 
Now, this discovery of the remains of Reindeer asso- 
* Copied from the Memoir referred to, by permission of Dr. J. A. 
Smith and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 
