54 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



have five rays, of which the two extreme ones 

 are prickly : the anal-fin begins at the middle 

 of the fiih, and goes to the tail, and has fifteen 

 rays, of which the firil: feven are prickly : the 

 tail is bifid, and has eighteen rays : the fides 

 are grey, except towards the belly, and have a 

 bent lateral line : the belly is white : the lips are 

 foft : the length of the body is a fpan. 



The Ja-vanefe brought the following things 

 to fell on board our {hip : apes, fhells, Turki/b 

 corn, and 



Java deer (Cervus favanieus). The upper 

 ■primary teeth are wanting : of the inferior 

 eight lower the two middle ones are three times 

 broader at the ends than the reft : the three 

 cutting teeth on the fides are pointed : the 

 upper-jaiv has a {harp canine tooth on each 

 fide, which is of the length of the cutting 

 teeth; therefore this animal is not Capra per- 

 pufilla, Muf Reg. Suec.-p. 12. I have feen 

 the buck and the doe, neither of which had 

 horns, though our failors affured me they 

 have feen them with horns. Of the nine 

 grinders the fix inner ones are double, and the 

 three exterior ones are laciniated (Jobati b ). This 



b The feet of this fpecies of deer are fometimes fet in 

 filver, and ufed as tobacco-Hoppers. 



6 fpecies 



