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THE AXIS. (Cervus Axis.) 
A very beautiful species of the Deer is found in the East 
Indies, of a light red colour, though some of the kind 
are of a deeper red. It is about the size of a fallow 
deer, and often variegated with beautiful spots of bright 
white. The horns are slender and triple-forked. The 
Axis is a timid and harmless creature, more ornamental 
to the landscape, where it skips and plays in a wild 
state, than useful to man. It is extremely docile, and 
possesses the sense of smelling to an exquisite degree. 
Though it is a native of the banks of the Ganges, it 
appears to bear the climates of Europe without injury. 
THE MUSK DEEE. (Moschus moscMferus.) 
This is a small species of Deer, quite destitute of horns, 
which lives on the vast plains of Central Asia. It is 
distinguished by possessing a pair of canine teeth or 
tusks in the upper jaw ; and these teeth, which are not 
found in the ruminant animals generally, are so long in 
the Musk Deer that they project from the sides of the 
