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THE UACZU-YIVA 



The Gauzu-Viva, Coassus nemorivagus, is a delicate little deer, only twenty-six inches in 

 length. Its aspect is said to resemble that of the sheep ; the general color is brownish, approaching 

 to gray, each hair being tipped with white. The horns are short. It is a native of the Brazils. 



The Cuguacu-Ete or Pita, C. rufus, is the Cervus rufus of F. Cuvier. Its height is about 

 twenty-nine inches ; general color reddish-brown ; the females without horns. It lives in the low, 

 moist woods of South America, in large herds, and as ten females are seen for one male, it is sup- 

 posed that their appearance gave currency to the report of a form of deer on the new continent 

 without horns. They are very fleet, but only for the first start, for they are soon run down by 

 dogs, and are sometimes captured by the lasso and balls. 



The Eye-browed Brocket, C. superciliaris, differs chiefly from the two last in the form of 

 the muffle, and in the presence of a white streak over the eyes. It is a native of the Brazils. 



The Large-eared Brocket, C. auritus, is also a native of the Brazils. 



The Venada, Pudu humilis, is the Mazame of Hernandez, and is a native of Chili. 



Fossil Deer. — The remains of several kinds of deer, including existing as well as extinct 

 species, have been found in great numbers in Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, India, &c. Lyell 

 regards the abundance of fossil remains of various animals to be in the following order : first, the 

 deer, then the ox, boar, horse, dog, hare, fox, wolf, cat, and beaver, the last being very rare. In 

 Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man the bones of an extinct gigantic elk, surpassing even the 

 wapiti and moose in size, have been found. The antlers were over five feet long, and had a spread 

 often feet at the tips. This enormous animal is named Megaceros Hibemicus, and is referred to 

 the period of the Mammoth. 



THE MOSCHID.E. 



This family includes several species, bearing the general name of Music-Deer, though only one, 

 the Thibet Musk, produces the drug called Musk. These animals are denominated Chevrotains 

 by the French. 



Genus MUSK or CHEVROTAIN : Moschus. — This includes several species. The Musk or 

 Thibet Musk, M. moschiferus, resembles the roebuck in size and form ; the color is a rusty-gray, 

 in some cases wavy ; the female less than the male ; the young spotted. It is a shy, solitary 



animal, much hunted for its musk* which is contained in a kidney-shaped, pendulous bag of the 



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* Mush is of two kinds, and received from two sources: the Tonqum Music, or Thibet. Mu si; chiefly received in 



England through the East India Company, comes in small, oblong, rectangular boxes, lined with lead, and covered 



with paper or silk. Each bag or pod, as it is termed, is wrapped in thin blue or red paper, on which are marked 



some Chinese characters. The Kabardvn, Russian., or Siberian Musk is either received through St. Petersburg or, it 



' is said, sent to China, and laid for some time among the bags of genuine Tonquin Musk, to acquire the odor of the 



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