MUSK OX. ") 



Jong, when measured along the curvature: t he- 

 weight of a pair, separated i'mm the la-ad, is 

 sometimes sixty pounds. 



It should seem, from the figure of the hull of 

 thi.s species given by Mr. Pennant in hi* HiM-ny 

 of Quadrupeds, that the animal, like some other 

 of the long-haired Buffaloes, .sheds it hair at cer- 

 tain periods, and appears comparatively naked. 



The Cow, or female, di tiers from the nuie in 

 hav ing the horns much smaller, and plaeed at the 

 distance of nine inches from each other, at the 

 base : they are seated on the sides of the head, 

 and are of a whitish colour, about thirteen inches 

 long, and eight inches round at the base : their 

 curvature resembles that of the bull : the ears are 

 erect, three inches long, somewhat sharp-point !, 

 and thickly lined with dusky hair, marked with a 

 white stripe. 



The general colour of the Cow is black, ex- 

 cept that the legs are whitish, and between the 

 horns there is a bed of white hair intermixed with 

 rust-colour : a dusky mane, or elevated ridge of 

 hair, runs along the hack, and .n the middle of 

 the back is an oblong patch or bed of pure wh 

 the hair of which is much shorter than on other 

 parts, not exceeding three inches in length, and 

 of a pale brown towards the roots. The luu'ra oo 

 the body are of two kinds; the longest measuring 

 seventeen inches, and being very fine, glossy, and 

 of a flattened appearance, when closely examined. 

 Its colour is black, and It forms the general coat- 

 ing of the animal. The bed or patch of hair be- 



