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Rh cently been discovered in Western Africa, whose habits are more aquatic than those of its fellows.

We select this genus for illustration because it contains the most elegant and, with one exception, the smallest of all the Ruminantia. It is distinguished by having the hinder edge of the foot (metatarsus) nearly destitute of hair, and slightly callous, a character peculiar to this genus. The fur is soft and pressed close to the body, never spotted even in youth. Beneath the throat is a somewhat naked, concave, callous disk, from which a band extends to the chin. There is no musk-bag. Most of the species have three diverging bands of white on the chest. They inhabit the islands of Java and Sumatra.

The Kanchil (Tragulus kanchil, .) is about the size of a hare, but stands much higher on the legs, which are exceedingly slender. It inhabits the deep and mighty forests of Java, where it feeds principally on berries. It seems among the inhabitants of the island to possess a similar reputation for strategy, to that of the Fox in Europe. It is a common Malay proverb to describe a great rogue as being "as cunning as a kanchil," and Sir Stamford Raffles relates some of the reported instances of this cleverness. "If taken in a noose laid for it, the Kanchil, when the hunter arrives, will stretch itself out motionless, and feign to be dead; and if, deceived by this manoeuvre, he disengage the animal, it seizes the moment to start on its legs, and disappears in an instant. A still more singular expedient