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It is stated by Mr. Hart, that, at the time of the battle 
of Waterloo, this event was celebrated by a bonfire made of 
a heap of these bones, in a village in the county of Antrim, 
which gave out as good flame as the recent bones of horses 
which are usually burnt on such occasions.* 
Mr. Richardson, of Dublin, says, — He has frequently 
peeled off the periosteum from the bones, and that quantities 
of a substance called mineral tallow have been found near 
the osseous deposits of this Deer, which he believes to have 
been derived from them.f 
Some years since, a portion of the leg of a Giant Deer, 
with part of the tendons, skin and hair upon it, was exhumed 
with other remains from a deposit on the estate of H. Grogan 
Morgan, Esq., of Johnstown Castle, county of Wexford. 
This leg was exhibited in the Lecture-room of Mr. Peel, 
Veterinary Surgeon, Dublin.} 
In the Zoologist for 1847, it is stated that Mr. Glennon, 
of Dublin, had obtained a skull of the Giant Deer 
with portions of fatty matter, flesh, and skin still 
attached to the forehead and lower parts of the head, 
and that the fatty matter bore the impression of coarse 
hair, and burned readily when held in the flame of a 
candle.|| 
As the occurrence of the leg of the Deer, still retaining its 
skin and tendons, appeared to be the most conclusive evidence 
of the recent existence of the animal, it was very essential 
to authenticate the statement. I therefore wrote to Mr. 
Morgan asking if such was the fact, and also what portion 
of the leg he had, with the colour of the hair, which I 
considered an interesting point to determine, to which Mr. 
Morgan politely replied " The leg which you allude to, I 
found in my father's museum, and made it a present to the 
Royal Dublin Society some years ago. It was that part of 
* Hart, p. 20. f Gigantic Irish Deer, H. D. Richardson, p. 11. 
X Zoologist, 1847, p. 1592. || Ibid, p. 1633. 
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