THE JUNGLE SHEEP. 



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and the spread twenty-five and a half — a fine massive, well 

 beaded head, thick enough for a sambur. 



Pi 



WuT* 



EXTRAORDINARY ANTLERS. 



The Ribfaced Deer or Barking Deer, or Jungle Sheep 

 as it is called in Southern India (the name being derived 

 from the word Jungli-bakri.) Cei"vidus muntjac, often fell to my 

 rifle, shot chiefly for food for myself and the men. Its bark 

 is very peculiar, something like that of the wild dog, and at 

 times very loud, particularly before going to couch. I have 

 often wondered how so small an animal could make this 



