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the narrowest of its upper part is left, is nine inches. The circumference 
of the beam of the horn, at its root, is in the Irish 11 inches, and in the 
Essex fossil 12 inches. The circumference of the beam, just before giving 
off the palm, is in the Irish fossil eight inches, and inthe Essex ten inches. 
In Scania (Mem. de V Acad, de Stockholm, de 1802, p. 285), in 
France, in the valley of Somme, near Abbeville ; and in Germany, 
fossil horns have also been found, which resemble in figure those of 
the Fallow-deer, but are one-third larger ; and which, in the opinion 
of Cuvier, belonged to some unknown animal. 
Horns, resembling those of the common stags are very frequent in 
beds of alluvial production. In France, in the valley of Somme, these 
horns are found in very considerable numbers, either in the turf or 
sand. They are also found in several other parts of the continent. 
These fossils have been also frequently found in different parts of 
England. Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Ox- 
fordshire, and Lincolnshire, are all mentioned in thePhilosophicalTrans- 
actions as having yielded these fossils : but Norwich, perhaps, has fur- 
nished more of these specimens than any other spot in this island. This 
species of horns also constitutes a part of the fossil treasuresof theneigh- 
bourhood of Harwich ; affording another instance, with that yielded by 
the valley of Somme, of these remains being associated with those of the 
elephant. Here, indeed, they are found, not only with the remains of 
the elephant, but also with those of the ox, of the fossil elk, the rhino- 
ceros, and the hippopotamus. A large horn of this description is figured 
in the 3/Th volume of the Philosophical Transactions, No. 422, w T hich 
was drawn up by the net of a fisherman, out of Raven’s-barrow-hole, 
adjoining to Holker Old Park, on the sea-coast of Lancashire. 
M. Guettard discovered, between the blocks of sand-stone, and in the 
surrounding sand, in the neighbourhood of Etampes, with other bones 
of different sizes, the bones of an animal, which appears to have been of 
a size between that of the stag and of the roebuck. When these horns 
were first shown to the Academy of Sciences, they were suspected to 
