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base of the lower jaw on both sides of the posterior angle t 

 the space between is also white and gives origin to three 

 white stripes, which run to the shoulders and middle of the 

 breast, forming thus five white divided by four black 

 lines. The top of the head is flat and of the same colour 

 as the back, which, however, becomes darker on the ridge 

 of the neck ; a line of naked purplish black skin runs from 

 the eyes to the nose, and a gray stripe some way along the 

 belly. It has short spurious hoofs. Its physiognomy is 

 very like that of the Agouti ; but the comparative bulk of 

 body, contrasted with the extreme delicacy of the limbs, is 

 very remarkable, and forbids powerful efforts in leaping: it 

 sits often gathered up like a ball, and walks rather heavily. 

 The females have four teats which seem by their proximity 

 to form one udder. 



This species frequents the thickets near the sea-shore, 

 and feeds principally on the berries of a species of Ardisia ; 

 it is easily tamed when taken young. M. F. Cuvier ob- 

 jects, perhaps with reason, to the trivial name of Javanicus, 

 which Sir T. S. Raffles affixes to it, and considers it as a new 

 species. An individual which we saw at Baltimore, like- 

 wise distinguished by five white stripes, was somewhat 

 smaller and probably younger: the colour was brown, and 

 it ran about with great activity, although, from long con- 

 finement, the four joints of the limbs were considerably 

 swelled. There was also not that evident disproportion in 

 the bulk of the body, compared with the legs, and the 

 spurious hoofs were more visible. 



The Kanchil. (Moschus Jasanicus, Pallas and Pent.) This 

 species is smaller, being about fifteen inches long, by nine 

 or ten in height. In form it nearly resembles the Napu, 

 but is lighter and more active. Its colour is very different, 

 being of a deep red-brown, approaching to black on the 

 back, and becoming of a bright bay on the sides, white on 

 the belly, and inside of the legs. It has three white stripes 



