Antlers 



rays of the rising sun directly on my back. I 

 actually walked erect across the short grass of the 

 open plain to within about 80 yards of the deer, 

 and then dropping flat down I wormed my way 

 on my stomach to within about 30 yards and 

 secured the better of the two heads by an easy 

 shot from the '303. 



A kakar or barking deer. 

 THE BARKING DEER OR KAKAR 



A funny little beggar is the barking deer, munt- 

 jac, or kakar (Cervulus muntjac), known as the 

 ribbed-faced deer in the Central Provinces, and, 

 of all names, the jungle sheep in Madras. When 

 you put him up or startle him in the jungle he 

 rushes off for a hundred yards or so into the 

 nearest thick piece of scrub, and then turns round 

 and yaps at you for all the world like a spoilt 

 poodle. 



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