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or whitish towards the roots : each hair is some- 

 what waved or undulated throughout its whole 

 length ; and is of a strong and elastic nature, 

 growing somewhat upright on the animal, and 

 very thick. In some specimens the cheeks are 

 whitish, and the sides of the neck marked by a 

 longitudinal whitish band or stripe, descending to 

 the breast ; while the flanks and sides are obscurely 

 striped by a few waved whitish streaks : in others 

 the colour is uniform, or as at first described : the 

 hoofs are long and black : the tail extremely short, 

 and so concealed by the fur as to be scarce, if at 

 all, visible on a general view. 



The female is smaller than the male, and Avants 

 the tusks : it has also two small teats. 



These animals are principally found in the king- 

 dom of Tibet ; the province of Alohang Meng, in 

 Ch'ma ; Tonqum^ and Boiita?!. They are also found 

 about the lake Baikal^ and near the rivers Jenesea 

 and Argu??. Their favourite haunts are the tops 

 of mountains covered with pines, where they de- 

 light to wander in places of the most difficult ac- 

 cess, resembling, in their manners, the Chamois 

 and other mountain quadrupeds, springing with 

 great celerity, and, when pursued, taking refuge 

 amono' the hi2:hest and m.ost inaccessible summits. 



They are hunted for the sake of their well- 

 known perfume ; which is contained in an oval 

 receptacle about the size of a small egg, hanging 

 from the middle of the abdomen, and peculiar to 

 the male animal. This receptacle is found con- 

 stantly filled with a soft, unctuous, brownish sub- 



