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average span or measurement between the extremities of the 

 antlers in an ordinarily good head is about 40 in., and the 

 length, measured along the inner side of the beam, from 

 the coronet to the extremity of the last prong of good English 



Red Deer's Antler of Pleistocene Period : Dug up at Durham (British Museum). 



or Scotch heads may be as much as 36 in., though at the present 

 day it is rare to obtain" antlers as 'long as this. In Prehistoric 

 times stags' antlers in Ireland and -England often reached 42 in. 

 in length, and this measurement is occasionally obtained, or 

 even slightly exceeded, by half-wild stags in Ireland at the 



