548 REPOUT— 1898. 



Irish Elk Remains. — Report of ihe Committee, consisting of Professor 

 W. Boyd Dawkins (Chairman), His Honour Deemster Gill, 

 Eev. E. B. Savage, Mr. G. w! Lamplugh, and Mr. P. M. C. 

 Kermode (Secretary), appointed to examine the Conditions under 

 tvhich Remains of the Irish Elh are found in the Isle of Man. 



We were able to add a foot-note to our report of last year to the effect 

 that a fairly perfect skeleton had been discovered, of which we hoped to 

 hand in details with this year's report. 



These remains were found in a marl pit at Close-y-Garey, on the east 

 side of the railway line, half a mile N. from St. John's, and the same 

 distance S. from Poortown Station. 



The bones were nearly all in juxtaposition and, excepting the ribs and 

 pelvic bones and one shoulder-blade, in a very fair state of preservation. 

 The antlers were nearly complete ; the beams, however, are represented by 

 fragments ; the skull also is fragmentary. 



The left antler is the larger : it measures across the palm 15 inches, 

 allowing for a piece of the front edge which has decayed away ; the right 

 measures 13 inches. With the tines, most of which dropped off on lifting 

 from the marl, they are respectively 56^ inches and 53 inches long.and 

 the beam would have been about 10 inches more. They show six points, 

 besides the brow-tines, which had fallen off, the portion of the beam to 

 which they were attached having decayed away. 



The palm of the left antler lay over the lumbar vertebrse, and the 

 right over the fore-quarters. The upper jaw teeth were preserved on 

 both sides, and those of the left lower jaw were embedded in the ramus, 

 A fragment of the right symphysis was also present, and there were 

 various fragments of a skull which had been broken up before the dis- 

 covery. 



Death had occurred in its full prime, as shown by the perfection of 

 the teeth and the dimensions of the antlers. 



Among the bones, but not of this individual, was one which had been 

 perforated, probably by the point of an antler of another elk in one of 

 their usual fights. It was fractured as well as perforated, and had been 

 healed. 



Professor Dawkins examined the bones in December and made the 

 following measurements in millimetres : — 



Skeleton found at Close-y-Garey. Index to Measurements, 



Teeth. 



1. Length, antero-posterior, basaL 3. Postero-tran&verse, basaL 



2. Antero-transverse, basal. 



1. Maximum length. 



2. Minimum circumference. 



3. Transverse measurement of proximal 



articulation. 



4. Vertical (tape) measurement of proxi- 



mal articulation. 



Bones. 



5. Transverse measurement of distal 



articulation. 

 G. Vertical (tape) measurement of distal 



articulation. 



