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the horns is directly the reverse of that of any other 

 palmated-horned animal I ever remember to have seen ; 

 as the Moose, the English Fallow-deer, and to the best 

 of my recollection the Europe-Asiatic Reindeer. In 

 both the former of these animals, the broad palms form 

 the extreme upper tips ; while the lower spurs and brow 

 antlers are round prongs ; and, to the best of my mem- 

 ory, the Reindeer has no very conspicuous palms at all. 



In our common deer, again, contrary to any other 

 deer I have ever seen except a very noble nondescript 

 specimen recently sent from. Calcutta to the Spirit of 

 the Times the main branch of the antlers CIIYVQS for- 

 ward over the brow, offering the main defenses, the true 

 brow antlers being mere erect prongs ; while all .the 

 tines are posterior to the main branch. 



In the American Elk, and in the British Stag, or Red- 

 deer, and in all other round-horned deer I ever saw, the 

 main antlers rise erectly, with a slight backward curve, 

 the brow antler and all the other tines springing from 

 it anteriorly, and forming the true weapons for the ani- 

 mal's defense. 



The Cariboo, therefore, presents a curious combination 

 of the round-horned and palmated-horned deer, in the 

 first instance ; and of the usual, and American, round- 

 horn structure, in the second. First, it has the round, 

 pointed tips and sharp, round prongs of the round-horned 

 deer above, with the flat, leaf-like blades of the pal- 

 mated-horned deer below. And, secondly, it has the 



