146 THE SWAMP-DEER. 





times even more. They are quite smooth, except a ring or 

 two at the base, and very slightly curved forward. 



The swamp-deer (Bucervus Daicvancellii), called " goen " 

 by the natives, which is plentiful in the open grassy swamps 

 of some parts of the Terai, is said to be occasionally met 

 with in the Dehra Doon ; but much as I have hunted there, 

 I have never seen it in that locality. It is nearly the same 

 size as the jurrow, but paler in colour. It carries fine 

 horns, branching well forward, with many points along the 

 upper part of the beam, but only one brow-antler on each 

 horn. In shape and paleness of colour the horns some- 

 what resemble those of the Virginian and the black- tailed 

 deer of North America, but the goen's horns grow con- 

 siderably longer. This deer is never found on the moun- 

 tains, and seldom in thick forest, although generally on its 

 outskirts. A sketch of an exceptionally fine pair of horns 

 of a swamp-deer killed in the Oude Terai will be found at 

 the end of the last chapter. 



