INTRODUCTION xxv 



bottom line, and another to mark the top of shoulders, at the skin. The distance between the 

 two perpendiculars, in a straight line, will be the true height of the animal. Do not follow any 

 curves. 



2. The "Length of head and body" must be obtained in a straight line between root of tail 

 and end of nose, with the head drawn straight forward, and not following any curves. The "Length 

 of tail" is from its base to the end of the vertebrae. 



3. The "Girth" is the tight circumference of the animal immediately behind the forelegs. 



4. The "Depth of the body" is the distance in a straight Hne from the top of the shoulders 

 to the brisket, or lower hne of the breast, immediately behind the foreleg. To artists, sculptors, 

 and taxidermists, this is a very important measurement. 



5. The "Circumference of the neck" is taken half way between the ears and shoulders, close 

 to the skin. 



6. The "Length from head of femur to head of humerus" is also a highly valuable figure for 

 artists, and it is easily taken by feeUng through the skin for the high points of those joints. 



7. Weigh an animal before it is "dressed"; but if the dressed weight of a deer is known, a 

 close approximation to its live weight can be obtained by the aid of the rule given on page 124. 



Antlers and Horns 



1. The "Length on outer curve" is obtained by starting the tape line at the base of the horn, 

 at its lowest point on the face, and following the curves or windings of the horn, quite to the tip. 

 In horns that are deeply ringed, such as those of the large African antelopes, the tape must not 

 be pressed into the hollows between the ridges. 



2. The "Greatest spread" is taken from outside, to outside of the antlers where they spread 

 widest ! This should not be taken inside the horns, for that does not represent the real width of 

 the horns, any more than interior measurements would represent the spread of a tree. 



3. The "Distance between tips" needs no explanation. 



4. The "Circumference at base" should, for all bovines, sheep, goats, ibex, and deer, be taken 

 in a circle around the largest diameter of the horns. The tape should not follow the meanderings of 

 the end of a sheep's horn. With the antlers of all members of the Deer Family, the circumfer- 

 ence should be measured immediately above the burr. 



5. " Width of palmation " of moose and caribou should always be measured where the pal- 

 mation is widest. 



6. A " Point" on an antler is any pointed projection of sufficient length that a watch can 

 hang upon it without falling off. 



7. The "Weight of horns" must state whether it be with "entire skull," or "with skull-piece'' 

 only. 



8. Shed antlers that have been set artificially on a manufactured skull, or frame, are not 

 entitled to measurement for "spread"; but where a skull has been sawn in two lengthwise by a clean 

 cut, and bolted together again without alteration of the sawn surfaces, it is entitled to measurement 

 for "spread" and "distance between tips." 



