Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society December 1925

The Shou is amongst the largest of the Red deer the antlers are not unlike those of the Hangul the beam bends forward from the trez tine and the shape of the beam is not unlike that of the Spotted deer. [...] Butfor the intervention of man wild animals would still be plentiful the reproduction of the jungle fauna if left alone would be balanced by nature the numbers would possibly fluctuate as the vermin gained the ascendency ; as the game decreased the flesh-eating animals would wander off to better hunting grounds the numbers of the animals on the devastated ground would again increase and so on [...] The skins were presented to the British Museum and the Bombay Natural History Society and the eggs to the British Museum and Mr. [...] On the east side is a flat shelving silvery strand and towards the centre of the island the land rises by a series of ridges of volcanic rock to 165 feet where the lighthouse stands. [...] Most of the island is desert the low parts support a certain amount of Sueda"BIRDS OF THE PERSIAN GULF ISLANDS 727 bushes while in the valleys between the ridges there are dwarf acacias some of which attain the size of bushes fifteen feet high.