28 MY horse; my love. 



grette which, in times of exhaustion, they turn to and 

 inhale exceeding refreshment therefrom. In some 

 the odor is perceptible to themselves only, while in 

 others it is such a powerful means of defense as to 

 make the pursuing victim wish he had never been 

 born, which floods cannot drown nor fires quench, if 

 any part escape, and only six feet of earth can extin- 

 guish." 



I know of one, are there others? 



" Notably among these is the musk antelope, 

 which sends forth such a powerful odor of musk that 

 even at the distance of one hundred yards he can 

 smother his enemy to death. " 



Is musk never made from plants? 



" Musk is entirely an animal perfume, and is 

 contained in a bag situated near the perineum, 

 which, by muscular contraction or expansion, the 

 animal can control at will. Experienced hunters 

 know that when shooting, even at longest rifle range, 

 a musk antelope or a mountain goat, if the wind be 

 blowing toward them from the animal, they must 

 immediately drop and bury their faces in the ground, 

 or the last effort of the expiring animal will carry to 

 them also certain death." 



What accounts for the very perceptible odor of 

 musk in some churches in Europe? 



" In Constantinople the Mohammedan Mosque of 

 Sofia is pervaded always by a strong smell of musk. 

 In order to supply this perfume, which was freely 

 mixed with the mortar and cement which bound 

 together the stones, thousands upon thousands of the 

 musk antelopes were slaughtered. Thus, while one 



