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precipices, The great length of the false hoofs adds much to the security 
of the Musk Deer’s footing upon the crags. 
It is only in the male that the long tusks are seen, and that the perfume 
called musk is secreted. The tusks are sometimes as much as three inches 
in length, and therefore project considerably beyond 
the jaw. In shape they are compressed, pointed, and 
rather sharp-edged. The natives say that their prin- 
cipal use is in digging up the kastoree plant, a kind of 
subterranean bulb on which the Musk Deer feeds, and 
which imparts the peculiar perfume to the odorous secre- 
tion. The musk is produced in a glandular pouch 
placed in the Enabtven, and when the animal is killed ~~” “0° PPE® 
for the sake of this treasure, the musk-bag is carefully removed, so as to 
defend its precious contents from exposure to the air. When recently taken 
from the animal, the musk is of so powerful an odour as to cause headache 
to those who inhale its overpowering fragrance. The affluence of perfume 
that resides in the musk is almost incredible, for a small piece of this 
wonderful secretion may remain in a room for many years, and at the end 
of that time will give forth an odour which is apparently not the least 
diminished by time. 
ANOTHER member of the Moschine group is the KANCHIL, or PIGMY 
Musk (Trégulus pygmeus), a Deer which is found in the Asiatic islands, 
and which is as celebrated for its cunning as is the fox among ourselves. 
KANCHIL, OR PIGMY MUSK.—(T7rdgulus pygmaeus.) 
This animal is not nearly so large as the Musk Deer, and although some- 
what similar in colour, may be distinguished by a broad black stripe which 
rans along the back of the neck, and forms a wide band across the chest, 
