MEASUREMENTS.

Four goat killed in the Schesley Mountains of British Columbia, in August, 1902, and measured with extreme accuracy, ran as follows:

No. 43.
inches
No. 44.
inches
No. 57.
inches
No. 60.
inches
Total length, end of nose to end of tail vertebra61655766
Tail vertebra786
Tarsus13½141314½
Height at shoulder40½393643

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[C] are as follows:

End of nose to lower corner of right eye220
End of nose to base of ear297
End of nose to base of right horn265
Width of head just over eyes147
Width of nose above nostril65
Width of nostril81
Greatest depth of head193
Depth of nose156
Depth of chin119
Between the eyes110
Circumference of horn at base153
Length of horn260
Width between point of horns210
Length of ear150
Width of ear65
Length of beard110
Length of front foot83
Width of front foot72
Extreme width of dew claws outside80
Length of front of front hoof52
Hind foot, length71
Hind foot, width72
Length of dew claw52
Width of dew claws34

[C] No. 60 is goat shown on [page 10].