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when in his possession I am told it again shrank to 78|- inches. 

 I believe this head has since been sold to a sporting club, in 

 New York, but it still remains the record head, and is likely 

 to do so for some time to come. It is an annoying fact that 

 all moose heads shrink considerably when the skull gets dry. 

 Big heads often decrease 2 or 3 inches in span. 



Turning to the measurements of moose, I cannot do better 

 than quote the following table given me by Mr. A. J. Stone. 

 It is a record which he took of an adult bull moose killed on 

 the Kenai Peninsula in 1903. Mr. Stone is sufficiently well 

 known as an authority on the subject to warrant my publishing 

 the measurements and affirming that they are correct. 



Measurements of Adult Bull Moose 

 Killed by A. J. Stone, Kenai, 1903. 



I also append a table showing the weight of a large bull 

 moose killed by my friend Mr. David T. Hanbury on Kenai 

 Peninsula in 1903. 



Weight of Moose. Killed September 13. 



