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Revieii's — J. G. Millais —British Beer. 



How THEY HUNT THE IrISH DeER AT THE PRESENT DAY. 



Showing mode of finding the heads, and the strata in which they are 

 generally imbedded. 



1 . Peat (top layers) , 3 feet. 



2. Gravel, 6 inches. 



3. Peat (lower layer with trees), 3 feet. 



4. Layer of oak-leaves, 3 inches. 



6. Blue clay (mixed with shells), 6 inches. 



6. Lacustrine shell-marl (with remains of Megaceros, and fresh-water moUusca), 3 feet. 



7. Blue clay, mixed with subangular stones. 



(Thickness shown in diagram, about 12 feet. Many of the peat-bogs are far 

 thicker.) 



