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the ground at every step. To me, and I think to most persons, 

 this is not agreeable, and yet it is not so unpleasant as to make it 

 disagreeable to be near to or to examine the animal. It is quite 

 different from that of the male goat, and I think less offensive. 

 This odor is scarcely noticeable in the fawn of a few months old ; 

 is very perceptible when it is a year old, and seems to grow 

 stronger with age, until the animal becomes three years old. 

 This odor is not entirely due to the secretion of the glands 

 proper, but partly arises from the oily secretions of the skin, as 

 may be observed by rubbing the fingers upon the skin, at the 

 roots of the hair on the sides and back. 



The activity of these glands is not confined to the rutting sea- 

 son, but the odor may be observed at all seasons, though it mav 

 be more marked during the rut. Nor is it confined to the male, 

 for the female emits the odor as well, though I think it not so 

 strong ; I have no facts which warrant me in saying that the 

 flesh is ever tainted by those glands. I have eaten it frequently 

 and at different seasons of the year without observing anything 

 of the kind ; nor have I been able to learn anything from the 

 hunters to warrant such a conclusion. We may well suppose 

 that glands confined to the skin would be less likely to taint the 

 flesh, than those more intimately connected with the flesh or the 

 circulation. 



After Canfield, Bartlett next mentions the glands of this ani- 

 mal, but he does not seem to have studied them closely. This 

 was reserved to Dr. Murie, to whom we are indebted for the first 

 careful examination and description of them. He describes them 

 all and gives their correct location, although in bis summary he 

 omits the large gland on the back. As he only had tlie dead 

 subject to deal with, he could of course form no accurate opinion 

 of the relative activity of the different glands. 



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The genitals of this animal are much like those of the antelope 

 proper. The scrotum, however, is smaller than that of almost 

 an}^ other ruminant of its size, and is not a twentieth part the 

 size of that of the goat. It is slightly pendent, though less so 

 even than that of the common deer. The theca extends up the 

 abdomen about four inches on the adult. It has not any pre- 

 puce. 



