The Kastura, or Musk-Deer 



habitat ; although the enactment of game-laws In 

 certain districts may do something towards its rehabili- 

 tation. The contents of a " pod " ot musk weigh 

 about one ounce. 



In wanderino^ amon^ the birch-forests which clothe 



Fig. 50.- — A Young Musk-Deer, from a photograph by the Duchess of Bedfor*!. 



the mountains of Kashmir tor a certain height above 

 the belt of pines, especially in early spring, when the 

 snow still lies deep between the silvery stems, the 

 traveller will, from time to time, be startled by a little 

 animal of the size of a roe getting up suddenly at 

 no great distance away, and starting off in a series of 

 enormous bounds, after having taken trom ten to 

 twenty of which, it will turn round to gaze at the 



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