THE junglt: sriEEF. 279 
and the spread twenty-five and a half— a fine massive, well 
beaded head, thick enough for a sambun 
EJCTR AOli n/NA RV ANTLEKS^ 
The Ribfaced Deer or Barking Deer, or Jungle Sheep 
as it is called in Southern India (the name being derived 
from the word Jungli-bakri,) Cervulus mimtjac, often fell to my 
rifle, shot chieily for food for myself and the men. Its bark 
is very peculiar, something like that of the wild dog, and at 
times very loud, particularly before going to couch, I have 
often wondered how so small an animal could make this 
