THE FALLOW-DEER. 
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of them congregated around the place where they were fed. We accom- 
panied the keeper to see them feeding, and, whilst walking along, he 
hallooed as the huntsman does to his hounds. The deer came tripping 
from every quarter, and it was extremely beautiful to see them come filing 
along. On looking in the direction from which most of them came, and see- 
ing such a multitude, I was reminded of Halliday’s description (in the United 
Service J ournal) of some of tho herds of antelopes in South Africa. 
The keeper threw the beans about, as if sowing broad-cast, and the 
deer followed us — the nearest being from twenty to twenty-five yards dis- 
tant. The old males occasionally butted at each other, and attracted our 
attention by the rattling of their horns one against the other. The 
severe cold of that season (1838) had not been fatal to any of the deer ; 
but during the previous winter, which was very wet, great numbers died. 
When on a visit at Florence Court, in October, 1840, I learned that 
many of the deer died there, in the course of the last wet winter, 
although they had plenty of food. 
The destruction of a wounded fallow-deer, by his companions, in the 
deer-park, near Belfast, is referred to in a foot note on page 277 of the 3rd 
volume of the present work. Vide “ Birds of Ireland.” 
Some observations on the red-deer and fallow-deer will be found in Dr. 
Scouler’s paper, from which I have given an extract in reference to the 
marten. 
The Hoe-Deer, Cervus Capreolus, Linn. 
I have not been able to learn that this species ever inhabited Ireland ; 
nor have I known of its horns having been disinterred from our bogs. 
EXTINCT ANIMALS 
OF THE 
CLASS MAMMALIA. 
(Terrestria.) 
The Bear, TJrsus Arctos, Linn. 
I am not aware of any written evidence tending to show that the bear 
was ever indigenous to Ireland, but a tradition exists of its having been so. 
It is associated with the wolf as a native animal in the stories handed 
down through several generations to the present time. 
[See observations by Dr. It. Ball, in reference to the skulls of bears 
found in Ireland. Trans. It. I. Academy, 10th Dec., 1849. — Ed.] 
The Wolf, Canis Lupus, Linn. 
As Dr. Scouler has brought together the facts bearing on the wolf 
(Journal Geol. Soc. Dub. vol. i. p. 225), I shall use his words : — “ Great 
numbers of wolves formerly existed in Ireland, and they maintained their 
