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ofif, found in Hutchinson’s gravel-pit, Belgrave Road, in Aug., 1878, measures 
along curve of beam, 28 inches ; circumference above first tine 5^ ; at top, where 
broken off, 4; condition very light and friable. A third portion, of a left antler, 
compressed and broad (probably of a male animal), found in the Abbey Meadow 
on 2nd June, 1880, and presented by Mr. Thomas Burrows, measures, along 
beam (broken off 5 inches above first hind snag), 17 inches; greatest breadth, 
midway between second tine and hind snag, nearly 2| ; circumference at same 
point, 6 ; where broken off, 4| ; condition friable. The finest of all, however, is 
one which I procured through the kindness of Mr. E. Tempest, who presented 
it to the jMuseum. It was found during the making of the large gasometer 
nearest the river, at Aylestone, in Feb., 1888, ten to eleven feet deep, in river 
gravel bearing evidences of there having been a great scour at that exact spot. 
The horn, which, though not perfect, is in fine condition, and is not in the 
least friable, is a right antler, evidently shed, and, for its antiquity, is marvellously 
preserved, being in such a state as to give the impression that it might be 
but a few years old. Circumference above burr, 5-k inches. At 5 in. from this 
springs the palmated tine, of which 17 in. remains ; width of palm, where 
broken, 6 in. At 12 in. above this a small snag, f in., protrudes. At IG^ in. 
above this it broadens out into the crown, which is 8 inches in circumference. 
At 2|- in. above this it is fractured, making a total length of 3 ft., following the 
curve of beam. A rather large set of antlers of the existing Reindeer, measured 
on the same side to exactly the same point along the beam, gave but 28 in., 
and in circumference, just below second or bez-tine, 4^ ; the measurement 
midway between bez-tine and back snag being the same in both — viz., 4^ in. 
Probably, therefore, the extinct animal exceeded the existing species in point of 
size. A portion of a right tibia, found in the Belgrave gravel-pit, and presented by 
Mr. G. H. Nevinson on 19th IMarch, 1884, probably belongs to this species. 
Division SUINA. 
Family S U I D ^ . 
■\VILD BOAR. Sus scrofa, Linnaeus. 
Of Early Pleistocene age, not becoming extinct in Britain until about 
1620. — The Museum possesses a Roman vase of Upchurch ” ware — found near 
S. Nicholas Church, and presented by IMr. Joseph Ward on 10th March, 1851 — 
which contained two remarkably fine Boar’s tusks. Several tusks have been dug 
up, pierced for rude ornaments, one of which is in the Pre-Historic case in 
the Archaeological Room of the iMuseum, and was first described in the 
‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries,’ 22nd Nov., 18G0, and again figured 
and described at p. 10 of my article previously referred to. A pair of very 
