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to indicate this very species ; and we might add that 

 the Machlis of the ancients may have designated no 

 other *. 



The Fossil Scanian Fallow-deer (Cervus Paleodama) 

 described by Mr. Retsius in the Memoirs of the Academy 

 of Stockholm, 1802. A horn dug out of peat ground, much 

 larger than the common fallow-deer's, and having only one 

 branch before the palm : it is bent more forwards, the palm 

 proportionably narrower than in the living species, found at 

 Svedala, in Scania. 



The Fossil Fallow-deer of Abbeville (Cervus Somonensis) , 

 also larger than in the living species ; the skull without 

 peduncles, the horns rising immediately from the frontals ; 

 flattened between the brow and bezantlers, and with a 

 greater regularity of the palm ; but these distinctions are 

 not very positive, and although the length of the horn gives 

 one-third more than the present Fallow-deer, Baron Cuvier 

 hesitates whether it be a different species +. 



* On referring to the text these curious lines are, — 



Dar nach schluch er schiere, einen Wisent und einen Elch, 

 Starcher Ure viere, und einen grimmen Scheldt, ; 

 Sin ros in truch so balde, das ir im niht entran; 

 Hirze oder hinden, chunde im wenig engan. 



i. e. After this he slew straight, a Bison and an Elk, 

 Of strong Uri four, and a fierce Schelch ; 

 His steed carried so quickly, that none could outrun him, 

 Stags or Hinds could scarcely escape him. 



Des Niebelungen Lied, durch F. H. von der Hagen. 8vo. 

 Breslau, verse 3760. It is curious that the Schelch of the Germans 

 is found to be the Segh of the Britons by Mr. Hibbert. 



f It appears that another fossil species, together with a great 

 variety of bones, has been discovered in the Perrier mountain ; but 

 the work which is to describe them has not as yet reached us. It 

 was announced in November, 1824, under the title of " Recherches 

 sur les Corps Organises Fossilesy' &c. par Bravard. 



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