LOCALlTlEtS WHEKE MET WITH. 89 



ouuce may be considered as the average 



from a full grown animal ; but as many of 



the deer are killed young, the pods in the 



market do not perhaps contain, on an 



average, more than half an ounce. Though 



not so strong, the musk of young animals 



has a much pleasanter smell than that of 



old ones ; but difference of food, climate, 



or situation, as far as my experience goes^-f^^'^S^S/s 



does not at all affect the quality. 



From the first high ridge above the plains, 

 to the limits of forest on the snowy range, 

 and for perhaps the whole length of the 

 chain of the Himalayas, the musk-deer may 

 be found upon every Mil of an elevation 

 above 8,000 feet, which is clothed with 

 forest. On the lower ranges it is com- 

 paratively a rare animal, being confined to 

 near the summits of the highest hills, as we 

 approach the colder forests near the snow ; 

 but it is nowhere particularly numerous ; 

 and its retired and solitary habits make 

 it appear still more rare than it really is. 

 Exclusively a forest animal, it inhabits all 



