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of the water deer of the Yangstze. There was also a mounted specimen of that [[strikethrough]]re[[/strikethrough]] extinct deer Pere Davids, unfortunately a [[symbol: female]]. The mounted birds were very complete, & well named. I saw no plants or fishes. Later in the P.M. I called on Mr. Jernigan a former Am. Consul & a local sportsman who is a well known [[strikethrough]] shoots [[/strikethrough]] birds shooter. Local Big Game sportsmen seem to be quite lacking here. The Shanghai Club was visited later & here I dined with Hartmann & a Dane, Mr. Forman an agent for several European companies.
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Pere David's deer have been extinct in their native China since around 1900, but can be found in captivity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_David%27s_deer).