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and crossing their fore-legs rapidly oyer each, other. They are 
rather difficult to rear, as many, soon after they are caught, go 
blind and die. 
“ In most of the hill states the Musk Deer is considered a royal 
property. In some the rajahs keep men purposely to hunt it, and 
in Gurwhal a fine is imposed upon any mountaineer who is known 
to have sold a musk-pod to a stranger, the rajah receiving them 
in lieu of rent.” 
The flesh of the Musk is excellent, if the musk-hag is taken 
Fig. 122. — The Napu, or Pigmy Musk Deer ( Moschus Napu , F. Cuvier J. 
from the animal immediately after death. Its skin and long 
dog-teeth are also made use of. 
The Napu, or Pigmy Musk Deer [Moschus javanicus, Daffies), 
Fig. 122, is the smallest of Ruminants ; it is not larger than a 
Hare. Its limbs are excessively delicate, and its power of leaping 
is extraordinary; but it is wanting in energy, and allows itself 
to he captured, without effort to escape, by the Malays of Java 
and Sumatra, who seek it for its flesh, or to make pets of. Yery 
little is known of their habits. They have been introduced into 
Europe, but the natural delicacy of their constitution has in- 
variably prevented their living any length of time.* 
* A pair which we brought from Java, and presented to her Majesty, were after- 
wards forwarded by her to the Begent’s Park Gardens. They only lived a few 
months. — Ed. 
