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a keen scent. The round, short ears gave the ani- 

 mal the appearance of a mouse. The canine-like 

 tusks were short, slender, and sharp, and, unlike the 

 buck's, did not extend below the lips. The ten- 

 inch mark upon the rule came above the highest 

 part of her back. The legs were extremely deli- 

 cate; a Faber lead pencil looked thick and clumsy 

 beside them. 



THE TINY HOOFS 



only measured two-eighths of an inch at the broad- 

 est part, where the cloven parts united. The color 

 is a general reddish brown, darker upon the back, 

 where the hairs are tipped with black; an indistinct 

 dark band runs from a point between the ears to 

 nose; rather stiff gray hairs upon the sides 

 and back of neck; fawn-colored sides; three 

 white streaks under part of neck; soft hair upon 

 belly and the anterior upper part of hind limbs 

 and the posterior upper part of fore limbs; the 

 lower jaw is also white. 



These animals could in all probability be ac- 

 climated in our Southern States, especially in Flori- 

 da, abounding as that State does in swamps and 

 thickets, where the animals could secure coverts and 

 breed. 



