THE SCANDINAVIAN ELK 



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either side and great development of palmation a bull also in 

 his prime with no signs of age. The measurements of the 

 latter head are as follows : Height of horns from tip of central 

 brow point to tip of highest back point, 3 ft. i in. ; height of 

 palmation, exclusive of said points, 2 ft. 6} ins., and 2 ft. 5 ins. ; 

 curve of inner edge of horns from coronet to tip of inside back 



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points, 2 ft. \ ins. ; width of palmation, centre of horns, n{, ins. 

 and io| ins. ; between tips of inner back points, i ft. i if ins. ; 

 between inner brow points, i \\ ins. ; between tips of fifth points 

 on either side, following curve and across brow, 4 ft. 5$ ins. ; 

 the same measurement, taut, 3 ft. 54 ins. ; across skull at brow, 

 7^ ins. ; fifth points, right and left, 6] ins. and 7] ins. ; round 

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