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Under side of the tail was
covered by a large brown gland
and to its top as in the & we
thought at muching, neither
fore or hind hoofs contained
a gland but the lochypal
gland was very deep & large.
This I have just seen with
another animal somewhat
smaller. The horns were
fully developed & hard of
rather large size 27 1/2 inches
long by 2 3 spread. This
must be the rut rather
than fawning season or else
deer carry hard horns
most of the year round.
The stomach contents was
chiefly leaves of larch trees.
The body was lean excepta
little for on the briskets. The
chines were rancous for the
blood in the chest cavity.
This they drank especially
the large clefted masses.
Every vessel even packs were
filled with blood to be sold for medicine.