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Quadrupeds. 



mouth and descend below the chin. The Musk Deer is 

 exceedingly active, and leaps to an astonishing height. 

 The male is remarkable for possessing a pouch about the 

 size of an egg, near the navel ; this contains a brown, 

 oily matter, of a most powerful odour, which is the well- 

 known perfume called musk, so highly esteemed amongst 

 Eastern nations. 



THE GIKAFFE, OE CAMELOPAKD. 



(Camelopardalis Giraffa.) 



THIS most remarkable ruminant, which in its general 

 structure nearly approaches the Deer, has points of affi- 

 nity also with the antelopes and camels, besides very 

 striking peculiarities of its own. 



