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five points a side ; but there are many exceptions to this. Mr. E. Cameron, 

 for instance, figures, in hand and Water for 5th January 1901, a magnificent 

 head with no less than forty points, and a still more remarkable abnormality 

 is presented by the head from the collection of Mr. Turner-Turner figured 

 below. 



Mr. Cameron claims his head as being the " record " ; the length ot 



Fig. 74. — Many-pointed Head of Mule-Deer trom Ouesnelle, British Columbia. In the possession of 



Mr. J. Turner-Turner. 



the antlers along the curve being 32 inches, the girth below the main fork 

 6 inches, the extreme width between the points 37 inches, and between 

 the beams 26 inches. The finest example recorded in Mr. Rowland 

 Ward's book has a length of 30 inches, and a basal girth of 5f inches, 

 with a maximum width of 41 inches between the beams ; the number of 

 points being seventeen. 



