68 Scientific Proceedings, Royal Dublin Society. 
PROBOSCIDEA. 
Toe Mammote (Llephas primigenius). 
Remains of the Mammoth have been discovered in the counties 
of Waterford, Antrim, Galway, and Cavan. 
In connexion with the county of Waterford the following 
elephantine exuviz have been discovered :— 
The valley of Dungarvan is now famous in connection with 
Trish extinct mammals. As far back as 1746, Smith, the histo- 
rian, refers to a large rib, of which he has figured and given di- 
mensions.* From its size and configuration, I believe that this 
rib, found near Whitechurch, a few miles west of Shandon cave, 
was that of an elephant, possibly the fourth or fifth rib, 
About thirty years since another discovery of fossil bones 
of large dimensions was made in the immediate vicinity of 
Whitechurch, but they fell into the hands of bone collectors, and 
were ground up for the purpose of making manure. 
1. Referring to the Shandon cave, I have little to add to my 
observations in the Report on its Animal Remains.f 
The elephantine exuvize of Shandon represent two indivi- 
duals, the greater portion of one of them having been found 
almost in situ, thus indicating that the animal had to all appear- 
ances died where it was found. ‘The entire collection is preserved 
in the Museum of Science and Art. It may be worthy of note 
that, as in the case of the Cavan specimen, the Shandon elephant 
represents an adolescent individual, with molars of the same stage 
of growth, 7.¢., the first and second true molars were inwear. The 
first true nnglle left side upper jaw is shown in Plate IT. 
2. In a paper by the Rev. John Grainger, D.D., read at the 
Belfast meeting of the British Association, and published in their 
Report for 1874, he announces the discovery of a tooth of the 
Mammoth in stratified gravel containing marine shells, of post- 
Tertiary species, at Ballyrudder, half way between Larne and 
Glenarm, in the county of Antrim. He has since informed me that 
he lately discovered another portion of an elephant’s tooth from the 
same deposit near Corncastle, and has been good enough to send me 
a photograph of the fragment for inspection. It represents seven to 
* Ancient and Present State of the County of Waterford, 1746, p. 58, Plate IV., fig. 2. 
+ Report on Shandon Cave op. cit., p. 209. 
