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tIL MUSK DEER. 



size ol B hen's egg, situated below the abdomen, and peculiar to the male. It is brown and unc- 

 .-. and may be pressed out through two apertures. It is the strongest and most pungent of 

 perfumes : the mere skin of the animal is sufficient to fill the place where it has been kept with a 

 Btrong <>dor tor a long time. In medicine it is used as an antispasmodic. The flesh of the ani- 

 mal, though that of the male is rather highly seasoned with musk, is still eaten. The Musk- Deer 



MCSK BAG. 



Dative of Thibet, the province of Mohang Meng, in China, Tonquin, Bootan, <fcc. There 

 •lnr species: the Siberian Musk or Kubaya, Moschus Sibiricus ; the White-dfi- 

 i.ikh Mi -k, .1/. leucogaster. found in Nepaul, and the Golden-eyed Musk, M. chrysoga 

 also found in Nepaul. 



(,'■ nun TUA< H'LUS : Tragnlus. — Of this there are several species, all of small size. The Me- 



minna, T. Meminrut, is an exceedingly minute species, only about seventeen inches long; tin 



i is a gray-olive above and white below ; sides and haunches spotted, and barred with white: 



weight, live to >ix pounds. It is a native of India, Ceylon, and Java. It is called Pccsoreh by 



the Mahratt 



SJtai . Ti. \'.' i.k, T. Stanleyanus, is founa in Cevlon. Four living specimens of it were in 

 in the collection of the Earl of Derby at Knowsley. < 



and then shipped to Europe. The pods of this sort are in general larger, more oval, more compressed, and 

 Ins often have large portions ■ •! the skin of the abdomen attached to them. The color of the hairs is a dirty 

 white. The musk exhibits i more homogeneous and less granular appearance, having a much fainter odor and 

 than the preceding kind. The odor is augmented by moisture, but is somewhat nauseous and disagreeable. 



