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compare them with others. The back part of the 

 cranium is gone ; and the zygomatic arch of the left 

 orbit is shattered ; a part of one side of the lower 

 jaw-bone is likewise broken ; of the incisores, only 

 some remains of those of the lower jaw now exist. 

 The " haunch-bone," or left os innominatum of the 

 pelvis, is quite entire. All the bones are dyed of a 

 deep chocolate colour. From the state of the su- 

 tures of the cranium, and from the size of the bones 

 tif the nose, which are complete, this animal appears 

 to have been of full growth, but not aged. 



The remains were found in the parish of Kin- 

 loch, near the foot of the Grampian Mountains. 

 The Loch of Marlee, on the property of Mr Far- 

 quharson of Invercauld, is the last or lowest of a 

 series of small lakes, extending almost from Dun- 

 keld to Blairgowrie, nearly in the direction of the 

 high road between these places. This loch had 

 been partly drained, for the sake of the marl which 

 it contained. In one of the marl-pits on the mar- 

 gin of this loch, under a covering of peat-moss be- 

 tween five and six feet thick, the beaver's skeleton 

 was discovered. The bones already mentioned, be- 

 ing the firmest and most perfect, were found by the 

 workmen ; and being accidentally seen by Dr Far- 

 quharson, were carried by him to Edinburgh, and 

 presented, as already mentioned, to the Antiqua- 

 rian Society. 



In a neighbouring marl-pit, a pair of deer's horns, 

 of large dimensions, and branched, were found near- 



