THE KAKUE, OR BAEKING DEER. 15 



arrangements, and started upon our sporting 

 pilgrimage. 



April 26tli, to Phaidee, twelve miles. The 

 scenery very beautiful, hills covered with 

 oak and rhododendron. Next day to Bala, 

 two-thh-ds of the route lay up a valley, a 

 hot walk up a steep ascent. Had a good 

 shot at two kakur, or barking deer, but 

 missed. This species of deer is common on 

 all the lower and middle ranges of the hills, 

 up to an elevation of between eight and nine 

 thousand feet ; it is at times met with much 

 higher, or occasionally following a long way 

 up some of the rivers in the Snowy ranges. 

 The kakur is rather shghtly made, about two 

 feet in height, and four in length, with a 

 short smooth coat of a light red colour. The 

 male has short erect horns, from eight to ten 

 inches long, with a spur an inch in length 

 pointing forwards ; it is also distinguished 

 from the female by having short tusks in the 

 upper jaw. Its name has been given to it, 

 from its call having some resemblance to the 

 barking of a fox. It is not dissimilar, but 



