. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. en MAMMALIA, [Chap. I. rials of his long captivity, is the small " musk deer " ' so called in India, although neither sex is provided with a musk-bag. The Europeans in Ceylon know it by the name of the " moose deer;" and in all probability the terms musk and moose are both corruptions of the Dutch word " muis," or " mouse &quo
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. en MAMMALIA, [Chap. I. rials of his long captivity, is the small " musk deer " ' so called in India, although neither sex is provided with a musk-bag. The Europeans in Ceylon know it by the name of the " moose deer;" and in all probability the terms musk and moose are both corruptions of the Dutch word " muis," or " mouse " deer, a name par- ticularly applicable to the timid and crouching attitudes. "MOOSE" DEER (UOSCHUa MEMINNA). and aspect of this beautiful little creature. Its extreme length never reaches two feet; and of those which were domesticated about my house, few exceeded ten inches in height, their graceful limbs being of proportionate delicacy. It possesses long and extremely large tusks, with which it can inflict a severe bite. The interpreter moodliar of Negombo had a milk white meminna in 1847, which he designed to send home as an acceptable ' Moschus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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