. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE DEER—AMERICAN DEER. 531 eluded in the tail; the height at the withers is about forty inches. The female is considerably smaller. In general the distinctive characteristics of this Deer are those of its group. A notable feature is the strong mane, which is developed at the throat and chin, the hair composing which hardly differs in character from the hair of other portions of the body. As far as is now known the Great Rusa is a native of Java; t
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE DEER—AMERICAN DEER. 531 eluded in the tail; the height at the withers is about forty inches. The female is considerably smaller. In general the distinctive characteristics of this Deer are those of its group. A notable feature is the strong mane, which is developed at the throat and chin, the hair composing which hardly differs in character from the hair of other portions of the body. As far as is now known the Great Rusa is a native of Java; to Borneo it is said to have been imported by Man. Travelers say that this Deer gathers into very numerous troops, which frequent open grass- covered plains more than they do woodlands. Dur- ing the heat of the day the animals lie hidden in the grass and reeds or in the bushes; before sunset they set out for a pool and at the advent of evening they begin grazing. They are exceedingly fond of water, and this trait can be observed in cap- tive specimens, which always display great eagerness for a mud-bath. The movements of the Rusa de- serve a short description. No other Deer that I know struts along with so much dignity as this one. Its gait exactly resembles an artificial pace, the so-called "Spanish walk" of a trained saddle Horse. Every one of its movements is like those which a Horse executes under the direction of his rider. On the grand hunts held by the '.. '%( Malayan princes, in which the ani- /^rp >',v mals are driven by beaters, many hundreds of this species of Deer are sometimes slain; though the hunters do not employ fire-arms, but use only swords and spears to slay them or nooses to capture them alive. Jung- huhn says that this Deer is hunted only for its flesh, which is cut into thin slices, rubbed with salt, dried in the sun and called "; It is considered the most palatable accom- paniment of the various rice-dishes, which are neve
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