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THE JUNGLE SHEEP. 



peculiar roar or bark, when alarmed or otherwise. The 

 long canines in the jaw are not firmly fixed but are very 

 moveable, and they appear to be quite under control of the 

 animal so that they can be moved to different angles and 

 thus be made formidable weapons of defence, and I have 

 had my dogs severely wounded by these scimitar like teeth. 

 I at one time thought that this peculiar bark was produced, 

 or rather helped, by these teeth, probably assisted by its 

 long tongue, but I have doubts as to whether I am right 

 as to this. The male certainly makes at times a rattling 

 kind of noise as if two pieces of loose bones were hit 

 together or more like a pair of castanets. The natives say 

 that this peculiar noise is only made when the muntjack 

 crosses the fresh track of a tiger. 



