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THE form which has been placed next in the jRu- 

 inantia, is the Mvsks, a race of animals of small 

 size, and retired habits, still without horns, but with 

 the canine teeth, two in number, on each side, much 

 elongated, sometimes so much as to assume the form 

 of tusks, with which the males can defend them- 

 se^es, -and in the rutting season fight and generally 

 inflict large wounds. They still want the lachry- 



mal <riands. The most celebrated species is 



