Quadrupeds . 1593 



I may add that the water of Lough Gur is supplied by rain or land 

 springs, and that there is no stream passing through it : also that we 

 found several of the heads of this magniflcient deer lying on the bare 

 rock and only covered by the clear waters of the lake : several com- 

 mon species of freshwater snails were attached to the skulls and 

 horns. 



As it is concluded to dredge the lake when the weather is favor- 

 able, I have determined to give you further information should any- 

 thing worthy of recording in your excellent journal result from our 

 labours. 



Richard Glennon. 



3, Suffolk Street, Dublin, 

 Nov. 16th, 1846. 



Discovery of the Bones of Deer and Cattle in Lough Gur.* 



The connection of science, more particularly, geological science, 

 with the theory and practice of agriculture, is now too generally ad- 

 mitted and appreciated, to render it necessary for us to apologise for 

 bringing the following facts under the notice of our readers ; facts, 

 also, we may add, which possess still stronger claims upon our atten- 

 tion, inasmuch as they involve questions relative to the origin and his- 

 tory of several of our most esteemed breeds of cattle, as well as to the 

 date at which the sheep was first introduced into this island. These are, 

 be it remembered, not mere matters of speculation. The facts we are 

 able to lay before you are clear and decisive, so much so that correct 

 inductions necessarily follow. 



At the time when the last cattle show was held at Limerick, two of 

 our fellow-citizens, Messrs. Nolan, of Bachelor's-walk, and Glennon, 

 of Suffolk-street, proceeded thither, for the purpose of becoming ex- 

 hibitors ; the former of his magniflcient collection of foreign poultry, 

 and the latter of his beautiful cases of stuffed birds. Of their success 

 we need not now speak, as we, at the time, had the pleasure of record- 

 ing their signal triumph in the pages of the Gazette. 



Near Limerick there is a moderate sized lake, called Lough Gur, 

 having an island in the middle. Our travellers having received infor- 



* We extract this from the ' Farmer's Gazette ' : it is written by another eye- 

 witness, and is therefore interesting. 



