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Cervidce. 



837. MOSCHCS MOSCHIFEBUS, L. 



a. Mask deer, stuffed, in a glass case. 



Note. This specimen was presented by Messrs. Peake, Allen, A Co. 

 It was probably about 5 or 6 years old when shot. See P. J. [2], vol. ii. 

 p. 398, for an account of this specimen. See also P. J. [2], vol. xv., 

 p. 472. For figs., etc., see Moquin-Tandon, Med. Zool., pp. Ill, 112 ; Per. 

 Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 802. 



b. China musk pod. 



Note. For fig. of China musk pod, see Guib. , Hilt, dei Drogues, vol. 

 iv., p. 62. 



c. Ditto, smaller specimens. 



/. Musk sac, dissected, and preserved in spirit. 

 g. Adulterated China musk pod. 



Note. The specimens 6 and c were presented by Messrs. Faber & Co. 

 in 1852. 



h. Musk pod, containing pieces of leather. Presented by 



Mr. Burgoyne. 

 Note. This specimen was presented in April, 1856. 



t. Assam musk pod, dissected. 



Note. This specimen consists of the musk pod and the surrounding 

 parts, dissected and preserved in spirit. It is probably the specimen 

 presented by Mr. Homer, in October, 1842. 



j. Assam musk pod. 

 k. Ditto, taken from a young animal. 



Note. Until three years old, the pod contains no musk, but only a 

 milky fluid, which in this specimen has solidified to a substance of 

 cheesy consistence. 



I. " Bally " Assam musk pod. 



Note. These specimens consist of malformation. The pods are nearly 

 spherical, and are more than half filled with a stratified growth of 

 animal tissue. They were presented by Messrs. Faber & Co. 



m. Adulterated Assam musk pods. 



Note. Assam musk pods are usually thicker than China pods, and the 

 musk has a civet-like or faecal odour. See Amer. Journ. Pharm., vol. x., 

 p. 148. 



71. Russian, or Gabardine musk. 



Note. For fig. of this kind of musk, see Hist, des Droguet., vol. iv., 

 p. 65. The pods are more elongated than those of the China musk, and 

 have a longitudinal ridge on the convex hairy surface. The odour is not 

 ammoniacal, like that of China -musk, and the skin of the pod is not so 

 brown as in that kind. For an account of its commerce, see Amer. Journ. 

 Pharm., vol. xv., p. 302. 



o. Musk pod from India. 



Note. This specimen was presented by Messrs. Battley & Watts, and 

 was brought home from India at the time of H.B.H. the Prince of 

 Wales's visit, in 1876. 



