NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
35 
MEASUREMENTS. 
Four goat killed in the Schesley Mountains of British Colum- 
bia, in August, 1902, and measured with extreme accuracy, ran as 
follows : 
.Total length, end of nose to end 
of tail vertebra 
Tail vertebra 
Tarsus 
Height at shoulder 
No. 43. 
No. 44. 
No. 57. 
No. 60. 
inches 
inches 
inches 
inches 
61 
65 
57 
66 
7 
8 
6 
t - 3}4 
14 
13 
39 
36 
43 
No. 57 was about a half-grown animal. 
No. 60 was the largest specimen and its estimated weight was 
over 400 pounds. 
Detail measurements in millimeters of No. 60 * are as follows : 
End of nose to lower corner of right eye 220 
End of nose to base of ear 297 
End of nose to base of right horn 265 
Width of head just over eyes 147 
Width of nose above nostril 65 
Width of nostril 81 
Greatest depth of head 193 
Depth of nose 156 
Depth of chin. 119 
Between the eyes no 
Circumference of horn at base 153 
Length of horn 260 • 
Width between point of horns 210 
Length of ear 150 
Width of ear. 65 
Length of beard no 
Length of front foot 83 
Width of front foot. 72 
Extreme width of dew claws outside 80 
Length of front of front hoof 52 
Hind foot, length 71 
Hind foot, width 72 
Length of dew claw 52 
Width of dew claws 34 
*No. 60 is goat shown on page lo. 
