Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — TINY DEER FROM JAVA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TINY DEER FROM JAVA.

A Minature Back and Doe Less than Twelve Inches in Height. New York World. ' ‘, > On board the sailing vessel William 11. Macy, which has justreturnecT from a voyage to Japan and is tied up at Dowe’s Stores, Brooklyn, are two of the tiniest deer ever brought to this country. About eight months ago Captain J. A. Amsbury purchased them in Java of the natives, they are about twelve inches long. Their heads resemble those of mice,

and, indeed, the animals are much like the mouse deer imported' from India last summer by O. H. P. Balmont for his Middlqtbwnt Conn., menagerie.—Although the muzzle is greatly elongated in proportion to the body, yet the entire head is.but about four inches long. Their limpid eyes are about the size of dimes and have a sorrowful app'earance which may bedue to bereavement in the loss of a little fawn not larger than a wharf rat, which was born during a storm at sea and lived but a few hours. They were crippled by bad weather and rough seas.

THE LATEST ARRIVAL FROM JAVA. (This cut shows the actual size of the Lead of the animals.)