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hitish towards rlu- roots: each hair is some- 

 what \\a\cd or undulated throughout its whole 



th; and is <>f a strong and elastic nature, 



growing somewhat upright on the animal, and 



thick. In some specimens the checks are 



whitish, and the sides of the neck marked by a 



itudinal whitish hand or stripe, descending to 

 the hreast ; while the flanks and side* are obscurely 

 striped hy a few waved whitish streaks: in others 

 the colour is uniform, or as at first described: the 

 hoofs are long and black : the tail extremely short, 

 and so eoncealed hy the fur as to he scarce, if at 

 all, visible on a general vi: 



The female is smaller than the male, and wants 

 the tusks : it has also t\\'o small t< 



These animals are principally found in the king- 

 dom of Tibet ; the province of Muliiing Meiig, in 

 China; Tom/tun, and llmttuii. They are also found 

 about the lake />V//'/.w/, and near the rivers Jrficsea 

 and .Irgnn. Their favourite haunts are the tops 

 of mountains covered with pines, where they tic- 

 light to wander in places of the- most difficult ac- 

 lesembling, in their manners, the Chamois 

 and other mountain quadrupeds, springing with 



t celerity, and, when pursued, taking refuge 

 ainonir the highest and most inaccessible summits. 

 They are hunted for the sake of their well- 

 known perfume; which is contained in an oval 



tacle about the size of a small egg, hanging 

 from the middle of the abdomen, and peculiar to 

 the male animal. This receptacle is found con- 

 filled with a soft, unctuous, brownish sub- 



