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186 is mentioned, viz., that when closely pursued by dogs, the Kanchil will sometimes make a bound upwards, hook itself on the branch of a tree by

KANCHIL.

means of its bent tusks, and there remain suspended, till the dogs have passed beneath."

The Deer form a numerous, widely-extended, and extremely natural Family of quadrupeds. They possess bony horns, which are very rapidly produced, fall off, and are reproduced at regular