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TifE NAPL* MISK. 
to tlie position in wliicii it is soon. The under parts 
and inside of tlie legs are pure white, as are also the 
throat and chin. The fore part of the chest is 
nearly of the same colour with the back of the neck, 
and is marked with three broad, white, radiating 
stripes, commencing at the throat, and passing the 
central one into the white of the under surface of 
the body, with the intervention of only a faint trans- 
verse band, and the two lateral ones nearly to the 
shoulders on each side. The bands of blackish - 
brown which separate these stripes are perfectly dis- 
tinct at their anterior part — a mark of considerable 
importance in distinguishing this species from the 
Kanchil. On either side a white line passes back- 
wards on the cheeks for some distance from the 
margins of the lower lip, which are continuous with 
the white of the throat ; and this marking, in the 
usual sitting posture of the animal, which is some- 
thing like that of the hare in its form, gives it, when 
viewed in front, the appearance of having five ra- 
diating stripes on the breast.” 
The Napu, continues the same author, “ frequents 
thickets near the sea-shore, and feeds principally up- 
on berries. It seldom visits the larger forests. When 
young, it is tamed with the greatest facility. In 
captivity, it appears perfectly at its ease, and quite 
indifferent of what is passing around it. Its full 
dark eye, and placid air, give it an appearance of a 
degree of intelligence which it does not really pos- 
sess ; for the greater part of its existence is passed 
