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"THE EMPEROR," (See back cover). 



and that kings and other potentates were beneath him 

 in all respects, and likely to remain there. Here are 

 his antler measurements : 



Length of right beam from hair to tip 42 Inches. 



Length of left beam from hair to tip 41^ " 



Tip to tip 32J " 



Spread, centre to centre 37f " 



Circumference of right beam at hair 6 " 



Circumference of left beam at hair 6 J " 



Pointson right horn 32 ^ 



Points on left horn 15 ) 



Breadth of right palm 7-J- u 



Breadth of left palm 6J " 



Circumference of entire rack 11 feet 9 " 



Diameter of space occupied by rack. .4 " 



Several old Indian and Newfoundland hunters who 

 saw this head were unanimous in the opinion that 

 they had never seen a more perfect or larger one ; and 

 the writer is free to say that he believes it is to-day 

 the largest and most perfect woodland caribou head 

 in America, basing his opinion on specimens carefully 

 examined wherever an opportunity was offered, in- 

 cluding those at the Columbian Exposition and the 

 Sportsman's Exhibition recently held in Madison 

 Square Garden, New York. 



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