Chapter V

THE MUNTJACS--THE ROEBUCK--CHINESE DEER--REINDEER--AMERICAN
DEER--DEERLETS--CAMEL TRIBE--LLAMAS.

THE MUNTJACS--Distribution--Characters--THE INDIAN MUNTJAC,
OR KIDANG--Hunting--THE CHINESE MUNTJAC--Habits--DAVID’S
MUNTJAC--“Shanyang”--THE ROEBUCK--THE CHINESE WATER
DEER--Peculiarity--Chinese Superstition regarding it--THE
CHINESE ELAPHURE--Peculiarity of its Antlers--THE
REINDEER--Distribution--Character--Colouration--Antlers--Canadian
Breeds--Food--THE AMERICAN DEER--THE VIRGINIAN DEER--THE
MULE DEER--THE BLACK-TAILED DEER--THE GUAZUS--THE
BROCKETS--THE VENADA, OR PUDU DEER--THE CHEVROTAINS,
OR DEERLETS--Antlerless--Their Position--Bones of
their Feet--General Form and Proportions--Species--THE
MEMINNA, OR INDIAN DEERLET--THE JAVAN DEERLET--THE
KANCHIL--THE STANLEYAN DEERLET--THE WATER DEERLET--THE
CAMEL TRIBE--Their Feet--Stomach--Its Peculiarity--The
Water Cells--THE (TRUE) CAMEL--Description--The Pads of
Hardened Skin--Its Endurance--Its Disposition--Anecdote
of its Revengeful Nature--THE BACTRIAN CAMEL--THE
LLAMAS--Description--Habits--Used as Beasts
of Burden--Wild and Domesticated Species--THE
HUANACO--THE LLAMA--THE VICUNA--THE ALPACA--The Alpaca
Industry--FOSSIL RUMINANTIA--Strata in which they are
Found--_Chœropotamus_--_Hyopotamus_--_Dichobune_--_Xiphodon_
--_Cainotherium_--_Oreodon_--_Sivatherium_--Fossil
Deer, Oxen, Goats, Sheep, Camels, Llamas, Antelopes,
Giraffes--The Irish Elk--Its huge Antlers--Its
Skeleton--Ally--Distribution 61

ORDER RODENTIA.

CHAPTER I.