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length, which would at once give a fictitious record. 

 This remarkably long tine should be measured 

 separately, taking it from the beam. 



With the kudus, etc. (3), the so-called outside curve 

 measurement for the length is taken right round the 

 spiral ; for instance, if a kudu's head is examined a 

 ridge starting on the front of the horn at the base 

 will be seen, and this follows the horn round the 

 spiral and to its tip. This ridge must be followed 

 with the tape and thus the length obtained. The 

 length in the straight should also be taken. 



The mountain nyala is sometimes known as the 

 spotted kudu. 



Eland, blackbuck, and the straight-horned mark- 

 hors (4), as the Cabul and Suleman races, are simply 

 measured in a straight line from the base to the 

 tip on the front of the horn ; that is, the tape is 

 stretched between the two points and no considera- 

 tion is given to curves or spirals. 



The African buffalo (5) stands alone in only having 

 the greatest outside and inside width taken — that is, 

 the distance straight between two uprights placed 

 against the outside of the horns, and the distance 

 between the deepest part of the inside curve. Some 

 hunters, however, think that the length round the 

 front curve should also be taken, as the width alone 

 makes no allowance for horns that may have a dis- 

 tinct droop and finely inturned tips, many of which 

 are, and look, much finer trophies than straighter 



