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in a morass, by which means little or no change could take 
place, though it might remain for centuries in the tanning 
liquor ; and it is, probably to this preservative principle, that 
the leg previously alluded to by Mr. Morgan, still retained 
its integuments ; and it is more than probable that other por- 
tions of this animal might have been secured at the same 
period, but were neglected solely from the very fact of their 
recent appearance, as considerable difference is observable 
in the colour of the bones of the Deer, which may arise 
from the situation in which they were buried. A fine head, 
which I obtained from Mr. Glennon, for the Philosophical 
Society of Leeds, was nearly as light coloured as that of 
a recently slaughtered Ox, while they are generally much 
stained by the tannin and iron, and, occasionally, partially 
incrusted with pale blue phosphate of iron. Lastly, Sir 
William Betham, whose antiquarian knowledge, as connected 
with Irish history, is said to be. extensive, in a conversation 
with Mr. Glennon of Suffolk-street, Dublin, stated to him 
that he had found some bronze or brass tablets with an in- 
scription upon them, attesting the fact that the ancient Irish 
fed upon the flesh and milk of a great Black Deer. 
I shall now adduce such evidence as can be derived from 
geological or antiquarian discoveries, which apparently attest 
the contemporaneity of man with the Giant Deer. 
The first instance, I believe, in which any trace of the 
works of man is recorded as having been found associated 
with the remains of the Megaceros, is given by Pownal, in 
the 3rd vol. of the Archaeologia. This notice is only inci- 
dental, and therefore, I think, the more valuable. He states 
that in digging away the bog of Callen, in Tipperary, at 
about six feet deep, there were found trunks of trees, all of 
which were rotten, excepting those of the oak and fir, and some 
horns, large enough to have a circle of three feet in diameter, 
described on each palm; also some gold and other ornaments. 
