THE MUSK-DEER. 



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The texture and thickness of its fur sufficiently show tlj.. animal to he a native of a cold and 

 The fur is not only full and long, but presents peculiarly harsh, rigid, and in. 



SKULL OF MUSK-DEER. 



JAW OF MUSK-DEER. 



texture. Instead of lying flat on the skin, it grows erect, and is so closely set as to form a dense and 

 substantial covering. 



The male alone yields the long-celebrated drug and perfume. It is the unctuous secretion of a 

 certain glandular pouch, and, when dry, it becomes dark-brown, or black, and somewhat granular. 



THE HUSK-DKEK. 



Tavernier, the well-known merchant-traveller, alludes to the practice of adulterating it, and adds that 

 its odour, when recent, is so powerful as to cause the blood to gush from the nose, ("'hat-din 

 " It is commonly believed, that when the musk-sac is cut from the animal, so powerful is the odour it 

 exhales, that the hunter is obliged to have the mouth and nose stopped with Colds of linen, and that 



