Note 110 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature
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The Mouse-deer or chevrotin is the “Brer Rabbit” of the Malays. It figures in many proverbial sayings and romances, in which it is credited with extraordinary sagacity, and is honoured by the title of “Mĕntri B’lukar,” the “Vizier of the (secondary) Forest-Growth.”110