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CHAPTER X. 
THE SAM BUR AND OTHER DEER. 
STALKING THE SAMBTJR — m ENEMIES — ITS HABtTS— ALARM SOTE — SIZE — 
TENACITY OF LIFE — HORNS — THEIR VARiABlLlTV — DEATH OF THE BIG 
ANTLER STAG— THE PULNEV STAG— TOM SAVERS— THE CROW STA(;— THE 
STAG OF KERENAIG MUND-HIS LAST LEAP— CHECKMATED— DEATH OF THE 
nLACK CHEETA ROCK STAG— SNOB AND THE STAG — AN EXCITING STALK 
AND A SAD FINISH— DEATH OF THE BROW ANTLERED STAG— MY LAST 
STAG— THE AXIS OR SPOTTED DEER— THE JUNGLE SHEEP, 
[he Sambuf or Sam bar, Cerum ar/sioU/is^ is the 
largest of all the varieties or species of Indian 
deer. The si*;*ht of this grand beast on the 
mountain side in the early morning before the sun is up 
makes the pulse beat quicker and intensifies the desire to 
get within shot and secure the prize ; yet patience and per- 
severance must be the watch words. Look at him crop- 
ping th^j sweet grass at his feet, he hardly takes a mouthfUl 
without raising his head and looking around, so wary is he; 
and well he may be ; his enemies are all around him^ 
always on the alert to deprive him of his life; not only has 
he the native hilhnan and the English sportsman after him, 
the one to get him for food in any way he can, the other 
' Blandford (i.c) says, why the name Ceyvus ayishUiis given to an 
abnormal horn, has been preferred for the Indian Sambar, it is difficult 
to say. The name C. unkolor employed by Mamilton Smith is prefer- 
able, on account both of priority and suitability, being an appropriate 
term for the on!y Indian deer with unspotted young." 
