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male. These glands, or "pads,'' as they are commercially called, form the 

 basis for many manufactured perfumes, and command a high price, hence 

 these deer are rapidly diminishing in numbers. 



Besides furnishing fine venison and the many other articles already men- 

 tioned, the deer family supplies "hartshorn," or ammonia. It is made from 



Fig. 279. — Giraffes feeding. (From Jordan and Kellogg's "Animal Life," 

 D. Appleton and Co., Publishers.) 



the shavings and refuse left from antlers in the manufacture of handles for 

 cutlery. 



The giraffes (Giraffidce) have many deer-like characteristics, but neither 

 sex bears antlers. In their stead they have horny projections covered with 

 hairy skin. The giraffe is the tallest of all animals, the top of its head being 

 18 or 19 feet from the ground. Its neck, though so long, contains only the 

 same number of vertebrae (seven) as that of man. Each vertebra is length- 



