VIRGINIAN DEER, OR CARJACOU.—Cariacus Virginianus. 
THE elegant and graceful CARsJACOU, or VIRGINIAN DEER, is found in great numbers 
in North America, and is not only interesting to the naturalist on account of the beauty 
of its form, and the peculiarity of its habits, but is most valuable to the white and red 
hunters, as affording them an unfailing supply of food and clothing. 
The Carjacou may be known by the peculiar shape of its horns, which, in the adult 
male, are of moderate size, bent boldly backwards, and then suddenly hooked forwards, 
the tips being nearly above the nose. There is a basal snag on the internal side, pointing 
backward, and several other snags on the eee: edge. The colour of this aninal is 
extremely variable, being of a light reddish-brown in spring, slaty-blue in autumn, and 
dull brown in winter. The abdomen, throat, chin, and inner faces of the limbs are white. 
The fawn is a remarkably pretty little creature, the ruddy-brown fur being profusely 
decked with white spots, arranged in irregular lines, and sometimes merging into 
continuous stripes. The height of the adult animal is five feet four inches, measured 
from nose to root of tail. 
It is a timid animal, and so easily scared that the sight of a child fills it w ith alarm, 
and urges it to seek refuge by flight. Yet, with a singular inconsistency, it hangs about 
the skirts of civilization, and refuses to be driven from its favourite spots by the presence 
of man, or even by the sound of fire-arms. Like the ourebi, it has a strong attachment to 
certain localities, and if driven from its resting-place on one day, it will surely be found 
on the next day within a few yards of the same spot. Sometimes it chooses its lair in 
close proximity to some plantation, and, after feasting on the inclosed vegetables, leaps 
over the fence as soon as its hunger is satiated, and returns to the spot which it had 
previously occupied. The animal, however, does not often lie in precisely the same bed 
on successive nights, but always couches within the compass of a few yards, 
