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common musk, on the other hand, the outer surface of the ears is coloured 

 like the head, although sometimes darker towards the tip, where it may 

 even be blackish. Otherwise the Kansu musk seems to be very similar 

 externally to the Himalayan species. 



Its skeleton is, however, sharply distinguished from that of the latter 

 by the more massive and much longer skull ; the elongation occurring 

 chiefly in the facial portion. Moreover, the nasal bones are very much 

 longer, and abruptly trimcated superiorly, instead ot penetrating tor some 

 distance between the frontals. 



No specimen of this musk appears hitherto to have been brought to 

 England. 



THE BACTRIAN CAMEL 



( Camel us bactnaiius) 



The great Russian traveller Pallas reported more than a century ago 

 that two-humped camels were to be found in a wild condition (that is to 

 say, free from human control) in the deserts of Central Asia ; and although 

 this assertion was received with incredulity by naturalists in Europe, its 

 truth has been demonstrated by the explorations of Przewalski and other 

 modern explorers. Major C. S. Cumberland may be mentioned as an 

 English sportsman who has both seen and shot these camels in the deserts 

 bordering the Tarim river. Whether, however, these camels are truly 

 wild, or whether they are the descendants of individuals formerlv kept 

 in domestication which have reverted to the wild condition (that is to sav, 

 what naturalists designate " feral "j, is extremely difficult to decide. Major 

 Cumberland is convinced that these camels were only feral ; and there 

 appears to be good evidence that this is the case in that particular district. 

 But it by no means follows that the same holds good for the camels found 



