* 
238 LARf;E HORNS, 
many are much larger. The figure below is the skull of a 
bison shot by Lt. Buniside, at Dindegal, the outside curve 
being thirty- two and a half inches. The big bull of Peer- 
mund» the last bison I killed had one of his horns broken, 
but the sound horn was thirty-five inches long and eighteen 
inches hi circumference at the base. The largest horns of 
a cow bison I killed were twenty- five and a half inches in 
length, and nearly twelve inches in circumference at the base* 
J}m£,VS/ONS OF THE IIQRKS, 
a- to b. 25^ inches \. 10 j, \o% inches 
c. to d. 42 inches 1-engih of R. horn 32;^ inches outer bend 
e. to f, inches over the ridge Length of L, horn 31 % inches 
J- ^""f \ 17 inches in circumference ^^"^^^^^ '^^^^^ -^^^ 
f. to h. i 
The first bison that fell to my riHe was in my trip to the 
Dandilly forest, he was a young bull. I had some rather 
stirring adventures with them, but at that time I was young, 
and much too excitable to be a steady shot ; one of these 
adventures is worth recording. One evening I went with 
