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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 32

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med buckree or she-goat, is only about halfthe size of the full-grown buck. She carries com-parativelj thin spiral horns which seldom exceedabout 15 inches, and she is hardly distinguish-able in a band from the rind, as the young buckis called. The hoary old bucks only are termedMarkhor, and they… … V \^?/ M.\RKHOK. Azerage height at shoulder^ 44 in.: average horn tneasiireTitent,45 in. ; iua-ximmn horn measurement, 63 in. northward of the Kashmir \ale, are muchwider spread and have fewer twists, but theyare about equal in length and circumference. The markhor of the type found on the…

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