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authority, speaks of having seen a female specimen of 

 the Cariacou {Mazama nemoralis) at Spanish-Town, 

 in Jamaica. He was in the habit of observing it 

 daily for a long time in a domestic state ; it would 

 steal bread from the table of Sir George Nugent, the 

 Governor. This individual was brought from Hon- 

 duras ; but the species is widely spread over the 

 wooded regions of tropical America, and extends even 

 into the United States. 



We may venture to hope that this discussion of 

 the subject, though imperfect, will awaken curiosity 

 in the Island, and that investigations and examina- 

 tions may be instituted by those who have the powej, 

 which will lead to the identification of the existing 

 species of Deer in Jamaica. 



I 



WILD GOATS. 



" I must remind you," observes Mr. Hill, "that 

 on the Healthshire Hills there are Wild Goats, and 

 that our Goat is a very beautiful variety of this; 

 animal. I have always understood that we obtained 

 it, with our Hogs, from Africa, and that it was an 

 early established stock from the Canary Isles. When, 

 in my first ramble through the Salt Island marshes, 

 I reached the crags where the sea separates the 

 Healthshire Hills from the large island that shelters 

 Old Harbour, called Goat Island, numerous Goats 

 of the wild breed were seen sporting on the cliffs. 

 It was very interesting to observe them ranging side 

 by side, like a mustering regiment of horse at drill, 

 on the edge of the uppermost rocks, and then, on a 



