io 4 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



feet nine inches high at the haunches ; in length, it is 

 three feet fix 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 fide of it there is a (lender 

 tuik, near two inches long, which hangs down, bending 

 inwards like a hook, and very fharp on the inner edge : 

 Its lower jaw contains eight fmall cutting teeth ; and in 

 each jaw there are fix grinders : Its ears are long, fmall, 

 and erect, like thofe of a Rabbit : The hair on the whole 

 body is long and rough, marked with fmall waves from 

 top to bottom : The colour is a rufty-brown \ under the 

 belly and tail it is white : On each fide of the lower jaw 

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

 hoofs are deeply cloven, (lender, and black ; the fpurious 

 hoofs are likewife very long : Its tail is not more than 

 two inches in length, and hid in the hair. — The ufe it 

 makes of its tufks is not well known : The moft probable 

 is that of hooking up roots out of the ground, and catch- 

 ing at fmall twigs and branches of trees, upon which it 

 feeds. — The female has no tulks, is lefs than the male, 

 and has two fmall teats. 



The Mulk is found in the kingdom of Thibet, in fe- 

 veral of the Chinefe provinces, about the lake Baikal, 

 and near the rivers Jenifea and Argun, from lat. 60 to 

 45 ; but feldom fo far fouth, except driven by great falls 

 of fnow to feek for food in more temperate climates. — It 

 is naturally a timid animal, and endowed with a quick 

 fenfe of hearing. Its folitary haunts are ufually moun- 

 tains, covered with pines; where it avoids mankind, 

 and, when purfued, flies to the higheft and mod inaccef- 

 fible fummits. 



The perfume produced by this animal, which is fo 

 well known in the fafhionable circles, and of late fo 



