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to buy this deer, but the Sakai woman would not hear of it 

 as she had brought it up from Java on her own milk and 

 it was one of the family. The deer eat cut grass, bushes, 

 and paddy. The doe produces one young one at a time, which 

 has a couple of white spots on the sides near the rump, which 

 very soon disappear. A number of bucks were bred, and 

 eventually the whole lot were disposed of. Deer suffer occa- 

 sionally from wounds caused by their cutting their legs in 

 the fences, or by fighting, and these wounds are not very 

 easy to heal, and are liable to get flyblown if care is not 

 taken. A disease resembling foot and mouth, killed several 

 on one occasion and a large doe died after producing a fawn 

 apparently of anaemia, for it was observed when her skin was 

 taken off that she was almost bloodless. 



C. hippelaphus. 



The Sumatran deer, a smaller beast with a golden color- 

 ing on the back and a habit of marching about with its head 

 erect, has several times been on view. It is apt to be vicious 

 and constantly tries to butt. It will not breed with the tam- 

 bur, and has not been bred in the gardens menagerie. One, 

 apparently an old beast, after several years went blind in both 

 eyes with cataract and was eventually killed. 



G. sp. 



Philippine deer ; one or more species of Philippines deer 

 have been kept in captivity for some years at different dates, 

 but those which have been kept within the last few years were 

 too young to identify specifically. 



C. axis. 



The spotted deer. Formerly often kept in the Straits by 

 Chinese and others, seems to live well. The only one present- 

 ed to the gardens of late years expired shortly after arrival 

 owing to its legs having been tied. 



Antilope cervicapra. 



The Black buck. This Indian animal has twice been kept, 

 specimens having been presented by various regiments coming 



Jour, Strails Branch 



