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Feet. In. 
From the end of the snout to the eyes - - Gere: 
From the root of the horns to the top of the hunch AiO 
Between the tips of the horns - - - ee 0) 
Circumference of the horns as low as could be 
measured - - - - - 1 Of 
Base of the horns longitudinally - - - 0 114 
Length of the ears (which were pointed and situ- 
ated close behind the horns) - - mG 
Circumference of the neck close to the head - os 8 
Incisores (lower jaws) six in number, and molares 
in both jaws twenty-four, viz. twelve in each 
Length of the nostrils - : - - 0.23 
Breadth between the nostrils (upper end) — - - O 4 
Breadth between the eyes - - - 0 il 
Length of the longest hair on his rump - : 2 
Weight of the carcase when skinned and 
cleaned - - - - Ibs. 421 
Weight of the head, skin, and feet - 134 
Estimated weight of the entrails and 
blood, &c. - - - - 160 
Total weight - 415, 
The hair on different parts of the body was of 
different lengths, and of various colours, the pre- 
vailing hue, however, was black, and the longest 
hair was, as above stated, on the rump and hind 
quarters. He had a thick mane extending from 
the head to the top of the hunch; the colour of it 
was of a pale russet. Immediately behind the 
hunch there was a saddle, or bed, of short hair, of 
a yellowish white colour, about a foot and a half in 
length, along the ridge of the back, and nearly of 
the same breadth. ‘The legs, as far as the knee- 
joint, were of a dirty white colour, and the hair on 
them thus far was no longer than that on an Eng- 
lish ox. At the root of the long hair, there was a 
