GAVAUS. 485 
I give the measurements of two fine heads :— 
Fe. In. Fes In. 
From tip to tip round the outer edge and across 
the forehead . Of 2aea OMT 
Across the sweep : Des Oe te 25 
Circumference at base . Deze Teak 
Between tips. Te7) ol LOR 
The following careful measurements are recorded by Mr. Blyth 
(‘J. A. S. B.,’ vol. x1., 1842, p. 588), and were furnished to him by 
Lieut. Tickell from the recently-killed animal, in order to assist in the 
setting up of the specimen in the Asiatic Museum : — 
A string passed along the back to root of tail 
From frontal ridge to tip of muzzle 
Horns apart anteriorly at base 
3 35 forearm close to axilla 
thigh close to body . 
thigh close above hock. 
bi) 9 
Ft. 
8 
2 
I 
Tip to tip of horns . 2 +33 
From nose to centre of eye I of 
Eye to root of horn. Oo 4t 
Eye to base of ears . o 6 
Humerus, &c. Te Die 
Radius Qo 
Metacarpus . o of 
Pastern, &c., and hoof. ©: 72 
Pelvis. ; i 4s 
Femur . 1 ie: 
Tibia and fibula . I 10 
Metatarsus rie: 
Pastern to end of hoof. o 7 
Height perpendicularly, about. egl) 
Length of dorsal ridge . 2 53 
Tail, root to tip of hairs Siers 
Circumference of head behind horns . By ai 
Ag >, neck behind ears 4 of 
Ne ae Chests. SiS 
8 IZZIE 1K 
Lesa ta 
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16 
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I feel tempted to let my pen run away with me into descriptions of 
the exciting scenes of the past in the chase of this splendid creature—the 
noblest quarry that the sportsman can have, and the one that calls forth 
ail his cunning and endurance. As I lately remarked in another publi- 
cation, I know of no other animal of which the quest calls forth the 
combirted characteristics of the ibex, the stag and the tiger-hunter. 
Some of my own experiences I have described in ‘Seonee 3? but let 
those who wish to learn the poetry of the thing read the glowing, yet not 
less true pages of Colonel Walter Campbell’s ‘ Old Forest Ranger ;’ and 
for clear practical information, combined also with graphic description, 
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