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| Ward, R. | |
| Horn measurements and weight of the Great Game of the World | |
| 1892 Full Book | |
My object in producing this book is to start a record of Horn Measurements of the Great Game of the World. I only regret that I did not commence it at an earlier date, as it would then have been more complete. But in my earlier life I had but little help, and often worked thirty hours at a strect; my work necessitated attention to specimens that demanded immediate treatment, and my love for reproducing life-like studies prevented me from keeping records. The mearuements presented here have been taken recently by the one hand and, for that reason, I value them the more. The dimensions from acknowledged authorities I am not responsible for. This book is not designed to be in any way a scientific work, but it is prepared for gentlemen sportsmen and scientific men who are interested to see comparable measurements at a glance. I think these have not been produced in like form before. Of course, the record can be added to, and I shall feel indebted to sportsmen who will contribute measurements, for I am not producing this work in a completed form - it must grow. It is to be borne in mind that many trophies which have passed through my hands are now scattered all over the world, and the dimensions of them, for the time, are not recorded here. Some that I give now are fine measurements, some are only ordinary statistics, many are of new species altogether; these last being mainly a result of the quite recent opening up of Africa. The advice noted as to the way to measure must be dealt with strictly, for many persons measuring by different methods produce untrustworthy record. We have tried to be fair in producing the statistics, taking them rather under than over the mark; and the tape has not been pressed into corrugations, but carried outside, over all inequalities. Many gentlemen's trophies I should like to have measured, but those specimens have either changed hands or are now in some remote part of the world, and the book cannot be delayed longer; but distance has not prevented me from obtaining many important statistics. |
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