THE MUNTJAK. 
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fixed and motionless, as in a place of security, re- 
gardless of the approach of sportsmen. It is hunted 
with pariah dogs, which are kept in large packs, and 
trained for tfie purpose, and, when l)rougl)t to hay, 
makes a most vigorous resistance, often fatally 
wounding the dogs with its tusks, teaiing the neck 
and breast, and laying open the belly. At other 
times, a wide district is surrounded as in the Nor- 
wegian skaals, and the game driven to a centre. 
Hojses are trained to the chase, and the sportsman 
endeavours to overtake the animal, and kill it by a 
stroke of a sword. Tlie rider is mounted on the 
naked back, and pursues with a frantic impetuosity, 
while the aged delight to recount the dangers and 
incidents of the chases long bygone. This animal 
is also taken with nooses and a variety of snares, 
and seems to be nearly equally persecuted by man 
and the beast of prey. 
Major Smith notices four other species, which he 
refers to this group. They are all, however, com- 
paiatively yet unknown. They are, S. PhiUippinus 
(C. PhiUippinus, Desmarest), S. siibcornutus, S. au- 
reus, and S. moschatus, or Nepaul Muntjak. 
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