NATURAL HISTORY. 



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Musk, is secreted in a kind of pouch, and is so very strong 



when recent, that the hunter, after killing the animal, is 



forced to bind his mouth and nostrils with linen before he 



ventures to open the pouch, as the scent is so intolerably 



powerful that it causes violent bleeding at the nose. When 



the merchants traffic for musk, they remain in the open air, 



holding a handkerchief over their faces, 



and even with these precautions it often 



causes headaches. The musk is never 



imported pure into this country, being 



always adulterated by the merchants. 



It is very costly, and forms an important 



article of commerce in the East. The 



Musk-deer is about two feet in height at 



the shoulders. The male possesses two extraordinarily long 



teeth in the upper jaw, which project from the lips at each side 



of the mouth. 



SKULL OF THE 

 MUSK DEER. 



Sub-family e. Ccrvina. 

 CEIIVUS. (Lat. a Stay.) 



Capreolus (Lat. a Wild Buck], the Roebuck. 



The ROEBUCK was formerly common throughout the whole 

 of England, but is now only found in Scotland, north of the 



