258 DIMENSIONS OF THE GIRAFFE. 
admit a man mounted upon a middle-sized 
Horse!" The depth of the body of the 
Giraffe, however, is proportionably greater, 
and therefore the space beneath the belly 
proportionably lower than in that estimate. 
Part of the dimensions of the Giraffe at 
Windsor, when measured at its first arrival, 
were as follows :— 
Length of the head, one foot nine inches. 
From the top of the head to the bottom of the 
hoof, ten feet eight inches. 
From the top of the head to the neck root, four feet. 
From the neck root to the elbow, or depth of the 
body at the shoulders, two feet three inches. 
Thus leaving but four feet three inches, out 
of ten feet eight inches, the total height, for 
the space between the belly and the ground. 
Goldsmith gives the following dimensions of 
the skin of a young Giraffe, killed at the Cape 
of Good Hope :— 
Length of the head, one foot eight inches. 
Height from the shoulder to the top of the head, 
seven feet 
Height of the hind-legs to the top of the back, 
eight feet five inches. 
Height of the fore-legs to the top of the shoulder, 
ten feet. 
Length from the top of the shoulder to the in- 
sertion of the tail. seven inches. 
