Note 53 — Chapter XVI · VALLEY OF AOSTA, AND ASCENT OF THE GRANDES JORASSES.
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Mr. King, in his Italian Valleys of the Alps, says, “In the pair (of horns) I possess, which are two feet long, there are eight of these yearly rings.” It would seem, therefore (if the rings are annual ones), that the maximum length of horn is attained at a comparatively early age.