PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. ii 



AUT. III. 



JOrawings of fome very large Bones ; by 

 George Clerk Efq; 



'T^AB. II. Jig. I. reprefents the fcapiila or 

 flioulder-blade of ah' animal, found ia 

 a fhell marl -pit near the town of DrwjifrieSy 

 of a monftrous fize, meafuring in length 

 twenty one inches and eight tenths. 



Fig. 2. is a rib twenty three inches long, 

 and two and two teritlis broad. 



Fig. 3. and 4. are alfo pieces of broken 

 ribs, found in the fame place ; where the 

 whole or greateft part of the bones of the 

 animal were afterwards difcovered, but lofl 

 or deftroyed by the country-people who 

 found them. 



As the bones defcribed are at leafl one 

 third larger than thofe of our biggeft oxen 

 or horfes, -they are fuppofed to be the re- 

 mains of an Elk or fome other animal not at 

 prefent an inhabitant of this country. 



They are juft now in the pofTeillon qf 

 George Clerk, 



Art. 



