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MEASUREMENTS. 



Four goat killed in the Schesley Mountains of British Colum- 

 bia, in August, 1902, and measured with extreme accuracy, ran as 

 follows : 



Total length, end of nose to end 



of tail vertebra 



Tail vertebra 



Tarsus 



Height at shoulde-r 



No. 57 was about a half-grown animal. 



No. 60 was the largest speciiuen and its estimated weight was 

 over 400 pounds. 



Detail measurements in millimeters of No. 60 * arc as follows : 



End of nose to lower corner of right eye 220 



End of nose to base of ear 297 



End of nose to base of right horn 265 



Width of head just over eyes 147 



Width of nose above nostril 65 



Width of nostril 81 



Greatest depth of head 193 



Dej^th of nose 1 56 



Depth of chin 1 19 



Between the eyes 1 10 



Circumference of horn at base 153 



Length of horn 260 



Width between point f>f horns 210 



Length of ear 1 50 



Width of ear 65 



Length of l)ear(l 110 



Length of lr( mt f< h )t 83 



Width of front foot ^2 



Extreme width of dew claws outside 80 



Length of front of front hoof 52 



Tliml foot, length 71 



I lind foot, width y2 



Length of dew claw 52 



Width of dew claws 34 



* Nil. 60 is goat sliown on page lo. 



