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tusks in miniature. I cannot better describe the 

 animal than by quoting the words of that well- 

 known Indian sportsman, Colonel Kinloch, of the 

 60th Rifles, in his charming book entitled, c Large 

 Game Shooting in Thibet and the North-west,' 

 and, should he deem these pages worthy of 

 perusal, I trust he will excuse the liberty I have 

 taken in using his description, but it is so lifelike 

 that I trust this apology may be deemed suffi- 

 cient. He says : 



4 Two grooves or folds in the skin, in the form 

 of a V, give a curious expression to the face, 

 which is heightened by black tufts of hair over 

 the eyebrows. Above the folds in the face are 

 two pedestals of bone covered with hair, on the 

 summit of which the horns are situated; they 

 fork near the top, the outer branches bending 

 inwards in the form of hooks. In adult speci- 

 mens there is also a small tine near the base of 

 the horn. The male is also furnished with two 

 small, strong, and sharp tusks in the upper jaw; 

 these are formidable weapons, and, small as the 

 karkur* is, he can make uncommonly good use 

 of them. I have heard on the best authority of 

 powerful dogs being badly injured, and even 

 killed, by a wounded buck. When the karkur 

 runs, a curious rattling sound is sometimes heard, 



* Karkur is the Hindi name for the rib-faced deer. 



