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symmetry, weight, and size of the large brow, a feature which 

 adds so much to the general character. 



Adult females measure from 36 to 40 inches at the 

 shoulder, and weigh from 200 to 300 lbs. The hair of the 

 head is dark brown, with white or grizzled crown and white 

 nose, ears white, and neck grey, with a short white or grey 

 beard extending from the throat to the chest. Upper parts 

 dark brown with a row of very large spots or blotches of 

 very pale brown on the flank. The legs, too, have more 

 brown and black than the males. Black hairs are found 

 on the upper part of the tail, whilst the rump, inner parts 

 of the thighs, and under parts are white. 



The horns of the females, when they possess them, are 

 dropped as late as the end of April, and are, in consequence, 

 later in development than those of the males. It is unusual 



blunt snag at least half an inch from the main horn. The Germans count every- 

 thing as a point upon which a torn piece of paper will rest, but we regard as 

 "offers" all small excrescences that do not fulfil the old British conditions. For 

 instance. Captain Cartvvright's famous "seventy-two point" Labrador head, which 

 I have recently traced, and on which he counted every offer, has in reality fifty- 

 three points. 



