LECTURE IV. 121 



:ill animal odors, (if we except that of some of 

 llic American Viverra-, before mentioned) is con- 

 tained in a small pouch about the size of an egg, 

 .situated ! IK at h the body ; and is of an unctuous 

 substance, and of a reddi.sh brown colour. Wh- n 



i, it is said to be so excessively powerful or 

 ju-iii tratiiiLC, as to force blood from the nose, 

 eyes, and cars of those who incautiously smell it. 

 It form- well known, an article of com- 



and i> used both as a medicine and a 

 perfum 



T<> this genus belongs a very elegant little 

 (juadruprd, about the size of a small cat, and 



1 1 the IV.^iny Musk. It is found in many 

 Java and Sumatra, but is of so tender 

 a nature as not to be capable of being brought 

 alive into Europe. It is distinguished as a species, 

 by the total want of the small or secondary hoofs 

 behind tin larger pair on each foot, and which 

 are found in almost all the n-t < f the Cattle 

 tribe. To this litlK s of Mu>k also be-long 



the very minute le^s with their hoofs, sometimes 



* It has been also observed that the smell of muk is not 

 easily discharged even from metallic substances themselves which 

 hare been rubbed with it. 



