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inches; the palm was 41 by 24 inches; the spread was 

 65 inches. These measurements indicate a head about 

 as fine as Col. Haselton's, taking everything into con- 

 sideration. 



The largest head given by Ward was 6}^ inches in 

 girth by 39^ inches in length and 51^ inches spread. 

 It had 25 points, and the breadth of the palm was 

 i$yi inches. 



For the reason given above, it is difficult in the case 

 of moose, and far more difficult in the case of caribou, to 

 judge the respective merits of heads by the mere record 

 of measurements, 



CARIBOU. 



Girth. Length. Points. 



27. A. Rogers 4|^ 41X 16 



28. T. Roosevelt, Kootenai, B. C, Sept., '88. 5>^ 32 14 



Neither of these is a big head. C. G. Gunther's Sons 

 exhibited one caribou with 43 points. Its horns were 

 5^ inches in girth by 50 inches in length. They also 

 exhibited a much heavier head, which was but 37 inches 

 long, but was 6^ inches in girth, with all of the tines 

 highly palmated ; one of the brow points had a palm 

 17^ inches high. 



In Buxton's catalogue the biggest caribou antler given 

 girthed 5^ inches and was in length 37 j^ inches. The 

 biggest measurements given by Ward are 5^ inches 

 in girth by 60 inches in length for a specimen with 

 37 points. 



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