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fossil elk of Ireland. 
They are all univalves, and belong to fresh water species, 
which exist at the present day. 
It is added, that so frequently have the remains of the 
fossil elk been discovered in the county of Limerick, that one 
gentleman enumerated thirty heads which had been dug up at 
different times within the space of the last twenty years. 
From Professor Henslow's account of the curraghs, or 
peat bogs of the Isle of Man, it would appear that the remains 
of the gigantic elk are there also distributed in a manner 
analogous to that in which they are found in Ireland. That 
gentleman supposes a herd of elks to have perished there ; 
and his description of the white, or grayish marl, in which 
their remains are found, answers in most respects to that of 
the white marl which so frequently forms the sub-stratum of 
the peat bogs in Ireland. 
Upon the whole, the preceding details appear to justify the 
conclusion, that the extinction of the gigantic species of elk 
is attributable rather to the continued persecution it endured 
from its enemies, accelerated perhaps by incidental natural 
local causes, than to a general catastrophe which overwhelmed 
the surface of the globe. In a word, it may be inferred that 
these remains are not of diluvian, but of post diluvian origin. 
T. WEAVER. 
Kenmare, April 12, 1825. 
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