3? Q^U ADRUPEDS. 



diftance with its particles. In nervous and hyfleric diforders, it is found 

 a powerful remedy. The aninnalthat furnifhes this admirable medicine, 

 is known but imperfeftly. 



The Muflc animal has no horns j wants fore teeth in the upper jaw, 

 the fame as ruminating animals ; but has two tuflcs hanging out ex- 

 pofed. Eight fmall cutting teeth in the lower jaw. It is three feet fix 

 inches in length, about two feet three or four inches high. The head is 

 above half a foot long ; the fore part of the head is fomewhat like a 

 greyhound j ears long and narrow, infide pale yellow, outfide deep 

 brown, partly ertft, like thofe of a rabbit ; the tail not two inches j is 

 cloven- footed; hoofs flender and black j hair is erecl, on the head and 

 legs half an incn long, on the belly an inch and half, on the back and 

 buttocks three inches, and proportionably thicker than in any other 

 animal ; is waved brown and white alternately, from the root to the 

 point J on the head and thighs brown, under the belly and tail white, a 

 little curled, efpecially on the back and belly. On each fide of the 

 lower jaw, under the corners of the mouth, is a tuft of thick hair, which 

 is fhort and hard, about three quarters of an inch long. The hair of this 

 animal is foft arid finej but what diUinguifhes it are the tufks, which are 

 near two inches long, and turn back in the form of a hook.j and, more 

 particularly, the mufk bag, which is about the fize of a hen*s egg, on- 

 the belly of the male only : It has two fmall orifices, one naked, the 

 other hairy. It is a very fearful animal ; has the fenfe of hearing fo 

 quick, that it can difcover an enemy at a great diftance. 



The female is lefs than the male, nofe (harper, wants the two tulks, 

 and has two fm&ll teats. Inhabits the kingdom of 1'iLet, China, Ton- 

 quiriy and BorJan, from lat. 60 to 45 or 44; but never wanders -fo far 

 fouth, except forced by feverity of the feafon, when they feek corn or 

 rice newly grown. Inhabits naturally mountains covered with pines i 

 loves folitude j if purfued, feeks inaccefllble fummits. It is extremely 

 probable, that the mufk- bags fold by the hunters are adulterated, as the 

 greateft plenty of the animal could fcarce fupply the quantity fold. The 

 flcfh of the animal is infedled with the fcent, but is eaten by the Mufco- 

 vites. The Tibet mulk is the beft ; the RufBan the v/orll:. This is not 

 the only animal refembling the deer, yet without horns. There arc 

 Others in Brazil and India. 



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