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assured that pieces of lead have been found in 

 some of the receptacles, inserted in order to in- 

 crease the weight. The smell of musk is so re- 

 markably dilFusivCj that every thing in its neigh- 

 bourhood becomes strongly infected with it ; and 

 what has once received it, is apt to retain the 

 scent for a great length of time : even a silver 

 cup that has had musk in it does not easily part 

 with the scent, though other odors are in general 

 very readily discharged from metallic substances. 

 As a medicine it is held in high estimation in 

 the eastern countries, and has now been intro- 

 duced into pretty general use among ourselves, 

 especially in those disorders which are commonly 

 termed nervous ; and in convulsive and other 

 cases, it is often exhibited in pretty large doses 

 with great success. 



INDIAN BIUSK. 



Moschus Indicus. M. supra rufits, snbtus albidus unkolor, ungu- 

 lis succenturiatisy cauda nnicolore, Lin, Syst. Nat, Gmel, 



^ 173. 



Rufous Musk, whitish beneath, with spurious hoofs, and some- 

 what lengthened tail. 

 Tragulus Indicus. Briss, regn, anim. p, 95. n, i . 



This species is said by Mons. Brisson, who 

 seems its first describer, to be rather larger than 

 the common or Tibetian Musk, of the colour 

 mentioned in the specific character, with the head 



