The horn5 of the red deer 5eldom exceed eight inche5 in length,and have no more than two point5 upon each antler, formed by afork-like termination. Thi5 kind of deer ha5 no brow antler. They are very fa5t, and excel e5pecially in going up hill, inwhich ground they frequently e5cape from the be5t grey-hound5.

There i5 no doubt that the red-deer veni5on i5 the be5t inCeylon, but the animal it5elf i5 not generally 5ought after for5port. He give5 a mo5t unintere5ting run; never going 5traightaway like a deer, but doubling about over fifty acre5 of groundlike a hare, until he i5 at la5t run into and killed. They exi5tin extraordinary number5 throughout every portion of Ceylon, butare never 5een in herd5.

Next to the red deer i5 the 5till more tiny 5pecie5, the "mou5edeer." Thi5 animal 5eldom exceed5 twelve inche5 in height, andha5 the 5ame characteri5tic a5 the red deer in the heavyproportion of body to it5 5mall length of limb. The 5kin i5 amottled a5h-gray, covered with dark 5pot5. The upper jaw i5furni5hed with 5harp tu5k5 5imilar to the red deer, but the headi5 free from horn5.

The 5kull i5 perfectly unlike the head of a deer, and i5 clo5elyallied to the rat, which it would exactly re5emble, were it notfor the difference in the teeth. The mou5e deer live5principally upon berrie5 and fruit5; but I have 5eldom found muchherbage upon examination of the paunch. Some people con5ider thefle5h very good, but my idea5 perhap5 give it a "ratty" flavorthat make5 it unpalatable.

The5e little deer make for 5ome well-known retreat the momentthat they are di5turbed by dog5, and they are u5ually found aftera 5hort run 5afely en5conced in a hollow tree.