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in other respects very different. Also that the Lapland 
animal is not taller than the British stag, or the Ameri- 
can Common Deer, or, if at all, very slightly so. 
Now, to come to my own observation, verified by 
measurement. The Cariboo antlers in my own possess- 
ion, not an unusually large pair, measure as follows : 
Extreme width from tip to tip, one foot four anda 
half inches. Length of curvature of antlers, from root 
to tip, two feet three and a half inches. Direct height, 
twenty-three inches. Breadth of the palmated brow 
antlers, eight inches. Length of do., eleven inches. 
Breadth of upper palm, eight inches. Length of do., 
twelve inches. Girth at the root of antler, five and a 
half inches. At insertion of upper prong, four inches. 
Number of prongs at the tips, unequal—three and two. 
At the upper palms, three. On the lower palms, seven 
processes, including the principal point. 
Compare with this, the measurements of the antlers 
of a very fine specimen of fhe common American deer, 
Cervus Virginianus. 
Extreme width from tip to tip, cleveninches. Length 
of curvature along the back of antlers from root to tip, 
two feet andhalf an inch. Direct height, fifteen inches. 
Observe, however, that the greater curvature in the 
horns of the American deer, while it causes a larger 
comparative measurement, leaves a vast excess in height 
and show to the Cariboo. 
In the Cariboo, moreover—see cut—the structure of 
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