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me by the kindness of my friends, from which I have made 

 the accompanying drawings. 



The number of points found on the best Newfoundland 

 horns is between forty and fifty ; a very occasional head has 

 been obtained with over fifty points. They are, however, so 

 rare that they can scarcely be considered normal. Their 



Fig. II. 



Newfoundland Doe. 



20 points. 



total length along the outer curve rarely, if ever, exceeds fifty 

 inches, as compared with sixty inches of the Barren Ground 

 Caribou [R. arcticus). The Newfoundland does have small 

 and rather insignificant horns, ranging commonly from six to 

 about twenty-two inches in length, and possessing from two 

 to twenty-eight points, six or seven being the normal number. 



