162 THE WHITE-MANED SEROW 



round which a native hunter had cautiously stalked 

 a few moments earlier, whilst just below a couple 

 of roe seemed to join in the joke. 



Though not plentiful in the sense that roe- or 

 musk-deer are, I should not call him an uncommon 

 animal ; but he is a very difficult beast to get at, 

 and will long survive amid the woods and shaggy 

 precipices where he makes his home. 



