168 WAITE: REMAINS OF FALLOW DEER FROM GOOLE MOOR. 
The body of a tooth consists of dentine, and this having even 
a greater proportion (about 38 per cent.) of gelatinous matter, has 
also retained its normal bulk. 
A vertical section of a tooth shows the entire absence of tissue in 
the pulp canal. Transverse sections examined under an inch objective 
show the characteristic markings of dentine ; a section of the crown 
reveals the entire absence of enamel, while other sections show the 
peculiar Hie ee of the cementum on the external surface of the root. 
In Kendall’s report, appended to this article, he mentions 
that Hibbert had discovered the marrow in some — of 
Megaceros hibernicus which had been found in an Irish peat bog 
ur own observations scarcely fall short of this, for we skull 
contains the brain of the animal, shrivelled up, but perfectly pre- 
served. 
The hair is in a most perfect state, and appears as though it had 
only just been cut from the animal 
Mr. Bunker's letter, which accompanied the remains, stated that 
they had been found in the peat on Goole Moor, and the mere 
fact of their discovery is interesting, as it is generally supposed that 
the Fallow Deer is an introduced species, although the period when it 
was first imported is very uncertain, but even more interesting is 
the remarkable condition of the bones, and, being anxious to obtain 
further information, I wrote to Mr. Bunker, to whom I am much 
indebted for the following particulars, which I extract from his letter. 
He writes:—-‘ With regard to the Deer-remains I sent you, I may 
state that in the early part of the summer (1891) some bones, hair, 
and the peat on which they rested were brought to me by Mr. Herbert 
Bennett, of Swinefleet, whose labourers found them when cutting peat 
for moss litter on the Goole side of the moor ; I afterwards visited the 
place with Mr. Bennett, and procured a jaw bone and some more hair. 
The depth at which they were found was about 2 feet 9 inches ; but 
as that part of the moor was well drained, the real depth may have 
been from 4 to 5 feet. A considerable portion of the moor on the 
Goole side has been warped, but the place where the remains were 
found is about 200 yards from the present edge. 
Red Deer, and probably Fallow Deer also, were formerly very 
abundant on Hatfield Chace and Thorne Moor, for Abraham de la 
Pryme records that at the entertainment of Henry, Prince of Wales, 
in 1609, as many as 500 deer were driven from the woods and wastes 
into Thorne Mere, and many of them killed. 
‘In the 30th year of the reign of Henry VIII. at the court of 
Swainmote, the inhabitants of “ Roecliffe, Arymin, Gowle, Howke, 
and Holden” were accused of killing many of the deer. 
- Naturalist, 
