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Show 1870.] DR. J. MURIE ON THE PANOLIAN DEER. 613 Attached in a consolidated manner to the left burr is the said osseous or broken-off cranial piece, the dimensions of which are above an inch deep and 2*3 inches in antero-posterior diameter. In the fresh condition the hole left in the skull was indeed a great gap. Fig. 1. Horns of Panolia eldi, showing different stages of the irregularity of growth. A. Appearance 31st August, three months after accident. B. Horns sketched from the dead body, 1868. The * points to the bifurcated left brow-tyne. I sawed out a wedge piece of tbe bone and horn, and found that the line of junction was well defined. A very thin layer of pale-coloured plastic substance intervened, sufficiently thick to admit the blade of a penknife in the middle, but towards the exterior much reduced; in some places the bone and horn-substance were in perfect coalescence, the pale colour and solidity of the latter giving line of demarcation. Neither was diseased ; the surface torn from the skull was roughened. Without premonitory symptoms of illness, the animal suddenly expired on the 13th November, 1868. I made careful post-mortem examination of the body, as it was believed the cranial injury it had received had something to do with |
