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true deer, and of the sub-genus Styloeerus ; they evidently 

 belong to the tribe described in Cuvier under the name 

 Muntjakjbut I am at a loss whether to class them as Cervus 

 Muntjak (Kijang) or Cervus moschatus (Nepaul Muntjak.) 

 The principal peculiarity is, a sort of process, 2 or 3 inches 

 long, growing out of the skull, covered with the skin ; and 

 into which the horns are inserted, the process being continu- 

 ed down to the nose. They are rather scarce, being found 

 in pairs, and very shy, and difficult to approach. Their flesh 

 is very dark-coloured, and very delicate eating, partaking of 

 that of hare and deer, but superior to both. It approaches 

 more nearly, in appearance and flavour, to that of the wild 

 sheep of Persia, than any other game I have met with. 



Another animal, not usually met with nearer than the 

 Himalaya, is the Chamois, as it is called, but which is a spe- 

 cies of Ibex : not having seen a specimen of the male, except 

 at a distance, I am unable to pronounce upon its exact spe- 

 cific name, but it appears to approach more nearly to the 

 Capra Caucasica, than the Capra Ibex of Cuvier. The speci- 

 men in my possession is a female, three feet three inches high, 

 with annulated horns, 10 inches long, of a triangular form ; 

 the acute angle forwards, the base of the horns above the 

 orbits nearly approximated, then bending upwards, outwards, 

 backwards, and downwards, in a regular curve. The hair 

 long, mixed with wool of a deep ash-grey colour throughout, 

 darker on the back, which has a black streak down the centre, 

 and lighter on the belly, with a whitish streak down the hind 

 part of the shanks ; the hooves strong, deeply divided, and 

 supporting a strong upright pastern. 



The male, at a distance, appears at least six inches taller, 

 nearly black, with very large knotted horns, and a long black 

 or brown beard. They are met with, in large herds, in the 

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