2 10-1/2
Length of dorsal ridge 3 4
Height of " 0 4-1/2
Head from muzzle to top of frontal ridge 2 1-3/4
Breadth of forehead 1 3-1/2
Ear 0 10-1/2
Circumference of horn at base 1 7-1/2
Distance between the points of the horns 2 1
I give the measurements of two fine heads:--
Ft. In. Ft. In.
From tip to tip round the outer edge and
across the forehead 6 2 6 11
Across the sweep 2 9 3 2-1/2
Circumference at base 1 7 1 5
Between tips 1 7 1 10-1/2
The following careful measurements are recorded by Mr. Blyth ('J.
A. S. B.,' vol. xi., 1842, p. 588), and were furnished to him by Lieut.
Tickell from the recently-killed animal, in order to assist in the
setting up of the specimen in the Asiatic Museum:--
Ft. In.
A string passed along the back to root of tail 8 8-1/2
From frontal ridge to tip of muzzle 2 0
Horns apart anteriorly at base 1 0-1/2
Tip to tip of horns 2 3-1/4
From nose to centre of eye 1 0-3/4
Eye to root of horn 0 4-1/4
Eye to base of ears 0 6
Humerus, &c. 1 11-1/4
Radius 2 8
Metacarpus 0 9-3/4
Pastern, &c., and hoof 0 7-1/4
Pelvis 1 4-1/2
Femur 1 7-1/4
Tibia and fibula 1 10
Metatarsus 1 4
Pastern to end of hoof 0 7-1/2
Height perpendicularly, about 5 9
Length of dorsal ridge 2 5-1/2
Tail, root to tip of hairs 3 1-3/4
Circumference of head behind horns 3 11
" " neck behind ears 4 0-1/2
" " chest 8
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