420 BIG GAME SHOOTING 



An application of spirits of turpentine put on with a liberal 

 hand, and brushed in, the way of the hair, with a dandy brush 

 at spring-time, will go a long way towards saving trophies from 

 the ravages of moth. 



A covering of fine glazed gauze, made like a nosebag, is 

 useful as a protection to heads left stored in an unused room. 



Here it may be convenient to set out the ordinary systems 

 of measuring game trophies amongst English sportsmen. 



Skins are measured from the snout to the tip of the tail,, 

 and from side to side under the forearms. 



There is a system of measuring bear skins upon the 

 American continent which may have given rise to some errors 

 to wit, measuring from the ' heel to the snout.' 



In measuring the heads of sheep, ibex, and such like, the 

 chief points are the girth of the horns at the base, and the 

 length of each of them from base to point measured along 

 the outside edge of the curve. 



In measuring stags' heads the points to note are : (i) the 

 number of points or tines, (2) the length of the horn measured 

 from the skull along the outside curve of the beam to the tip- 

 of the longest tine, (3) the greatest width between the horns, and 

 (4) the circumference of the beam between the bay and the 

 tray points. The diagram on p. 419 illustrates these measure- 

 ments, indicates the points named, and displays the normal 

 growth of tines in a wapiti head. 



