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ly extind ; and that fo many Ages paft, as there re- 
mains among us not the lead Record in Writing, or 
any manner of Tradition^ that makes fo much as men- 
tion of its Name ; as that rtioft Laborious Inquirer in- 
to the pretended Ancient, but certainly Fahulous Hi- 
fiory oi this Country, Mr. Roger 0 Flaherty^ the Au- 
thor of Ogygia^ has lately informed me. 
What Difcoveries therefore we make of this Crea- 
ture, we can only have from thofe loofe parts of it we 
find dugout of the Earth by Accident, preferved there 
fo many Ages from Corrugition, by lying deep and 
clofe under Ground , whiht harder and of themfelves 
more durable Bodies, moulder away and peri(h, by 
beirfg expofcd to the various Changes of the Air, and 
repeated Injuries of the Weather. 
By the Remains we have of this Animal, it appears 
to have been of theG^^wf Cervinum or Deer Kind, and 
of that fort that carries Broad or Palmed Homes , 
bearing a greater affinity with the Buck or Fallow Deer^ 
than with the Stag or Red Deer , that has Hernes 
round and branched, without a Palme ; This I lately 
obferved, having an opportunity of particularly Ex- 
amining a compleat Head, with both its Horns entirely 
perfe<a , not long fince dug up , given to my Brother 
fViliiam MolyneuXt as a Natural Curiofity, by Mr, Hen- 
ry Oslorn , that lives at aphcGC^lM Dardijiown, in 
the County of Meath^ about Two Miles from Drog- 
heda, who writ him the following Account of the man- 
gier and place they were found in. 
/ h<rue ly the Bearer fent the Head and Horns I 
promifed you ; this is the third Head I have found 
hy cafual trenching in my Orchard ; they were all dug up 
within 
