ISO THE SHIKARI 



straight measurement (la) is taken direct from the base 

 to the tip of the horn. 



With the gnus (id) the front curve is really the top 

 curve and carries the tape round on the inside of the 

 back-curved tips ; also the widest inside is taken and 

 the widest outside or spread. The breadth of palm 

 is measured over the face of the widest part of the 

 horn at or near the base. 



The black gnu and musk-ox (i^) are measured like 

 (i<^); that is to say, the tape follows down the front 

 of the horn and up on the inside of the upturned tips. 



With (i^) the length is of course on the front of the 

 horn and the circumference at the base. 



In the author's opinion the takins should also be 

 measured on the palm, though this measurement has 

 not been recorded with this family. 



Next we have the outside curve (2), the necessity 

 for which is apparent when a deer head is examined 

 and it is noted that the tines effectually preclude a 

 front curve measurement being taken. This is taken 

 from the base of the burr or coronet up the outside 

 of the main part of the antler, which is called the beam, 

 to the tip, not of the longest tine, but to the tip of the 

 beam. This requires a little judgment as to which 

 of the topmost points represents the beam ; this can 

 usually be decided by taking the thickest. 



The circumference is taken between the second and 

 third tine (bez and trez), except where the bez-tine 

 is well up the horn (as in the sika and hog-deer), when 



