Excerpt from Facts Concerning the Natural History &C., Of the Gigantic Irish Deer: Cervus Giganteus HibernicusI. The gigantic deer is not antediluvian, but existed cotemporary with man, at a period by no means very remote and was by man used - his ¿esh for 'food, and his hide for clothing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.