Il6 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Musk of Thibet resembles the Roe-Buck in 

 form. Itjs somewhat above two feet in height at 

 the shoulder; the hind legs, which are longer than 

 the fore legs, are two feet nine inches high at the 

 haunches; the length is three feet six inches from 

 the head to the tail; the head is above half a foot 

 long: its upper jaw is much larger than the lower; 

 and on each side of it there is a slender tusk, nearly 

 two inches long, which hangs clown, bending in- 

 wards like a hook, and very sharp on the inner 

 edge: its lower jaAv contains eight small cutting 

 teeth; and in each jaw there are six grinders: its 

 ears are long, small, and erect, like those of a 

 Rabbit: the hair on the whole body is long and 

 rough, marked with small waves from top to bot- 

 tom : the colour is a rusty brown ; under the belly 

 and tail it is white: on each side of the lower jaw- 

 there is a tuft of thick hair, about an inch long : its 

 hoofs are deeply cloven, slender, and black: the 

 spurious hoofs are likewise very long: its tail is not 

 more than two inches in length, and hid in the hair. 

 The use it makes of its tusks is not well known : 

 the most probable is that of hooking up roots out 

 of the ground, and catching at small twigs and 

 branches of trees, upon which it feeds. The female 

 has no tusks, is less than the male, and has two 

 small teats. 



The Musk is found in the kingdom of Thibet, in 

 several of the Chinese provinces, about the lake 

 Baikal, and near the rivers Jenisea and Argun, 

 from lat. 60 to 45 ; but seldom so far south, except 

 driven by great falls of snow to seek for food in 

 more temperate climates, it is naturally a timid 

 animal, and endowed with a quick sense of hearing. 

 Its solitary haunts are usually mountains, covered 



