190 THE MUSK OX. 



hunted by the Indians and fur-traders for the sake 

 of their flesh and hides. 



The size of the animal, when fully grown, is nearly 

 equal to a small Highland bullock, rather shorter in 

 the legs. The horns are very broad, covering the 

 brow and whole crown of the head, and touching 

 each other for their whole breadth from before back- 

 wards. The head is large and broad. There is no 

 vestige of a naked muzzle, the end of the nose, 

 middle part of the upper lip, and a great part of tbs 

 lower, being covered with a close coat of short white 

 hairs. The remainder of the head anterior to the 

 horns is covered with very dark umber-brown hair, 

 long and bushy towards the root of the nose. The 

 eyes are moderately large. The general colour of 

 the "hair on the body is brown, on the neck and be- 

 tween the shoulders long, matted, and somewhat 

 curled : on the back and hips it is also long, but lies 

 smoothly, and on the shoulders, sides and thighs, it 

 is so long as to hang down below the middle of the 

 legs ; on the centre of the back it has a soiled brown- 

 ish colour. The hair on the throat and chest is very 

 straight and long, and, together with the long hair 

 on the lower jaw, hangs down like a beard or dew- 

 lap. The tail is so short as to be concealed by the 

 fur of the hips. The cow differs in being of a less 

 size, having smaller horns, not touching at the base, 

 and with shorter hair on the chest and throat. * 



Richardson, Faun. Bor. Americana, i. 277. 



