THE CARIBOU. 79 



Partly palmated and partly cylindrical, the Caribou 

 antlers are of singular and fantastic form, and though 

 of great expanse — apparently but ill adapted for a forest 

 life — are so slight that their weight seldom exceeds 91bs. 



The stem of the horn is considerably curved, the 

 concave side being to the front, and the extremities of 

 the palmated brow-antlers project nearly fifteen inches 

 over the face. Sometimes only one of these brow-antlers 

 occurs on one or other of the horns, though they are 



