382 THE GEOLOGIST. 



found in the frontal, bone of that Megaeeros Hibernicus ; the head itself, I am 



Fig. 2. 



-Section of celt, showing the way it 

 slopes at the large end. 



Fig. 1.— Stone hatchet found in skull 

 of Irish Elk. Scale, half natural size. 



sorry to say, was sold separately to the late 

 Dr. Ball, of Trinity College, Dublin. 



I beg to send you a sketch of the stone 

 axe, or celt, and a copy of the certificate from 

 Mr. Glennen, the person who found it, who 

 also mentioned to me that the late Colonel 

 Bruin of Oak Park, county Carlow, had 

 found upon his property the head of a Mega- 

 eeros having the frontal bone perforated by a 

 stone celt which weighed seven and a-half 

 pounds, and was found sticking in the skull. 



Copt op Me. Glennon's Certificate. 



This fine stone celt was found by Richard Glrnnon and James Nolan, of Batchelors-walk, 

 Dublin, stuck in the frontal bone of the female Giant Deer of Ireland, at a place called Lough 

 Gur, ten miles from Limerick, on the Cork road. This is Mr. Glenn on' s account of the hatchet, 

 or celt , of which this is an outline : — Its length is eight inches and five-eighths ; breadth at 

 the broadest part three inches and five-eighths; it weighs three and a-half pounds; the 

 grontesi thickness is at the dotted line a b, which is one inch and seven-eighths, when it 

 gradually slopes down to a sharp edge ; its greatest thickness at the small end is at the dotted 

 lino v <!, whore ii is one inch and three-quarters, when it slopes to a point, 



Mr. Glennon lives at No. 3, Suffolk-street, Dublin, and is a dealer in 

 minerals, &c. I believe he has now t wo fine heads of the Megaeeros Hibernicus 

 which he would be glad to sell to any of your readers who might have a desire 

 to purchase them. — 1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, B. Wauchope. 



A Moved Moss at Falkirk. — Very recently a moss hill, situated about 

 two miles from the Slomanan Railway station, and measuring in extent about 

 30 acres, was lifted bv a flood, which carried it to the distance of 500 yards. 

 Heaps of the deposit lie about in every direction, which for the time being has 

 blocked up the road. The hill was overturned and broken up by the water, 

 which had been accumulated to an extraordinary degree, by the heavy rains of 

 (he previous four or live days. The strangeness of the occurrence has attracted 

 crowds to witness the effects of so gigantic a removal. 



