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THE WORLD:FEBRUARY 18, 1895.TINT DEER PROM JAVA. ’. • . • : v *A Miniature Buck and Doe Less than Twelve Ihobei in Height ‘On board the sailing vessel William H. Macy, which has Just returned'from a voyage to* Japan and Is tied up at Dows’s Stores, Brooklyn, are two of the tiniest deer ever brought to this counheads resemble those of mice, and, indeed, the animals are much like themouse deer Imported - from India lastsummer by O. H. P. Belmont for his Middletown, Conn., menagerie. Although.the muzzle Is greatly elongated In pro-fortlon to the body, yet the entire head s but about four inches along. Theirlimpid eyes are about the size of dimes and have a sorrowful appearance, which may be due to a bereavement in the lossTHE LATEST ARFIV AL PROM JAVA.(THIS OijT SHOWS THE ACTLAU SIZE OF THE HEAD OF THE ANN'IMAL.)try. About eight months ago Capt. J. of a little fawn not larger than a wharf-A. Amsbury purchased them in Java of rat. which was born during a storm atnatives. They are about ttve.ve Inches ft* ^,5 ,13high and fifteen Inches long. Their seas.
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New York, New York, US
Mon, Feb 18, 1895
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