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eighteen points, and it stood six feet one inch 

 in perpendicular height at the withers. After 

 taking the whole of its inside out, I skinned 

 and quartered the carcase, and then A^eighed 

 the sections with my small Austrian scale. The 

 result was as follows : — 



Head with skin of neck attached 48 kilos 

 Rest of hide . . . . 30 ,, 

 One forequarter with greater 



part of neck .... 100 ,, 

 The other forequarter . . 90 ,, 

 One hindquarter . . . 66 ,, 

 The other hindquarter . . 60 ,, 



Total . 394 kilos 



Taking the kilo at two pounds thi'ee ounces this 

 would he equal to eight hundred and sixty-two 

 pounds clean, which is the weight that George 

 pronounced to be that of a fair-sized moose bull 

 of about five years old. It was, however, in very 

 low condition and would certainly have weighed 

 over nine hundred pounds clean, had it been shot 

 a month earlier, and as the paunch, intestines, 

 liver, heart and lungs weigh al)Out one-fourth 



