COLLECTION OF MAMMALIA. 



north of both continents, living in small herds ; its 

 horns widen into triangular plates, and increase 

 with age to the weight of fifty or sixty pounds. 



We will now make the circuit of this room, 

 beginning with the case to the right of the win- 

 dow. We there find a young camel, born in 

 our menagerie, which lived only three days. By 

 its side is the vicuna, a w r ild animal of Peru, 

 whose tawny wool, of an admirable texture, 

 is employed in making the finest cloth: it 

 was presented by baron Larrey. Below it, is the 

 lama, the only beast of burthen in Peru, at the 

 time of the conquest ; it is now solely employed 

 in the service of the mines. By the side of the 

 lama is the musk-deer [moschus moschiferus), 

 remarkable for the long canine teeth, projecting 

 from its upper jaw : it is found in Thibet, Ton- 

 quin, and other countries of Asia. The perfume 

 so well known under the name of musk, is fur- 

 nished by this animal, and secreted under the 

 belly of the male. After the musk, we see the 

 moschus pygmceus, the smallest and most elegant 

 of all ruminating animals. 



The second case contains the common deer, 

 and a species one third larger (cervus canadensis), 

 from North America. Before them is the tnimtjac, 

 of different ages, from Java and Sumatra, which 

 were sent by MM. Diard and Duvaucel. These 



