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bristly hair : the rump and thighs quite bare ; the 

 first being marked on each side with dusky stripes 

 pointing downwards ; the last with two transverse 

 stripes : the horns compressed sideways, taper, and 

 sharp at the point. It is a native of India. 



Another variety, still smaller, is said to occur 

 in the mountains of the Celebes, which are full 

 of caverns. This variety is of the size of a mid- 

 dling sheep, and is seen in small herds, very wild, 

 and difficult to be taken, and even in confinement 

 are so fierce, that Mr. Pennant records an in- 

 stance of fourteen stags being destroyed in the 

 space of a single night by some of these animals 

 which were kept in the same paddock. 



MUSK ox. 



Bos Moschatus. B. cornihus (maris) approximatis, basi latissi- 

 miSf introrsum deorsu7nque, apice extrorsum Jlexis, acuminatiSf 

 'vellere propendente. 



Ox with very long pendent hair^ and horns (in the male) ap- 

 proximated at the base, bending inwards and downwards, and 

 outwards at the tips. 



Bos moschatus. B. cornihus approximatis basi latissimis iiitror-" 

 sum. deorsumque, apice extrorsum Jiexis acuminatis. Lin. Si/st. 

 Nat. Gmel. p. 20^. 



Musk Ox. Pennant Qnadr. i. p. ^i. Arct» Zool, 1, p, 8. pi. 7. 



It is only within these few years that an accu- 

 rate knowledge of this species has been obtained, 

 and we are indebted principally to the labours of 

 Mr. Pennant for the investigation of its history 

 and manners. 



