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the ground at every step. To me, and I think to most persons, 
this is not agreeable, and yet itis not so unpleasant as to make it 
disagreeable to be near to or to examine the animal. It is quite 
different from that of the male goat, and I think less offensive. 
This odor is scarcely noticeable in the fawn of a few months old; 
is very perceptible when it is a year old, and seems to grow 
stronger with age, until the animal becomes three years old. 
This odor is not entirely due to the secretion of the glands 
proper, but partly arises from the oily secretions of the skin, as 
may be observed by rubbing the fingers upon the skin, at the 
roots of the hair on the sides and back. 
The activity of these glands is not confined to the rutting sea- 
son, but the odor may be observed at all seasons, though it may 
be more marked during the rut. Nor is it confined to the male, 
for the female emits the odor as well, though I think it not so 
strong; I have no facts which warrant me in saying that the 
flesh is ever tainted by those glands. I have eaten it frequently 
and at different seasons of the year without observing anything 
of the kind; nor have I been able to learn anything from the 
hunters to warrant such a conclusion. We may well suppose 
that glands confined to the skin would be less likely to taint the 
flesh, than those more intimately connected with the flesh or the 
circulation. 
After Canfield, Bartlett next mentions the glands of this ani- 
mal, but he does not seem to have studied them closely. This 
was reserved to Dr. Murie, to whom we are indebted for the first 
careful examination and description of them. He describes them 
all and gives their correct location, although in his summary he 
omits the large gland on the back. As he only had the dead 
subject to deal with, he could of course form no accurate opinion 
of the relative activity of the different glands. 
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The genitals of this animal are much like those of the antelope 
proper. The scrotum, however, is smaller than that of almost 
any other ruminant of its size, and is not a twentieth part the 
size of that of the goat. It is slightly pendent, though less so 
even than that of the common deer. The theca extends up the 
abdomen about four inches on the adult. It has not any pre- 
puce. 
