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in other respects very different. Also that the Lapland 

 animal is not taller than the British stag, or the Ameri- 

 can Common Deer, or, if at all, very slightly so. 



Now, to come to my own observation, verified by 

 measurement. The Cariboo antlers in my own possess- 

 ion, not an unusually large pair, measure as follows : 



Extreme width from tip to tip, one foot four and a 

 half inches. Length of curvature of antlers, from root 

 to tip, two feet three and a half indies. Direct height, 

 twenty-three inches. Breadth of the paimated brow 

 antlers, eight inches. Length of do., eleven inches. 

 Breadth of upper palm, eight inches. Length of do., 

 twelve inches. Girth at the root of antler, five and a 

 half inches.. At insertion of upper prong, four inches. 

 Number of prongs at the tips, unequal three and two. 

 At the upper palms, three. On the lower palms, seven 

 processes, including the principal point. 



Compare with this, the measurements of the antlers 

 of a very fine specimen of the common American deer, 

 Cervus Virginianus. 



Extreme width from tip to tip, eleven inches. Length 

 of curvature along the back of antlers from root to tip, 

 two feet and half an inch. Direct height, fifteen inches. 



Observe, however, that the greater curvature in the 

 horns of the American deer, while it causes a larger 

 comparative measurement, leaves a vast excess in height 

 and show to the Cariboo. 



In the Cariboo, moreover see cut the structure of 

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