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fixed and motionless, as in a place of security, re- 

 gardless of the approach of sportsmen. It is hunted 

 with pariah dogs, which are kept in large packs, and 

 trained for the purpose, and, when brought to bay, 

 makes a most vigorous resistance, often fatally 

 wounding the dogs with its tusks, tearing the neck 

 and breast, and laying open the belly. At other 

 times, a wide district is surrounded as in the Nor- 

 wegian skaals, and the game driven to a centre. 

 Horses are trained to the chase, and the sportsman 

 endeavours to overtake the animal, and kill it by a 

 stroke of a sword. The rider is mounted on the 

 naked back, and pursues with a frantic impetuosity, 

 while the aged delight to recount the dangers and 

 incidents of the chases long bygone. This animal 

 is also taken with nooses and a variety of snares, 

 and seems to be nearly equally persecuted by man 

 and the beast of prey. 



Major Smith notices four other species, which he 

 refers to this group. They are all, however, com- 

 paratively yet unknown. They are, S. Pkillippinus 

 \C. Phillippinus, Desmarest), S. subcornutus> S. au- 

 reus, and S. moschatus, or Nepaui Muntjak. 



