THIBET MUSK. 
• the Civet. Neither the Greeks nor Romans 
mention this animal. It was first taken notice 
of by the Arabians. Gesner, Aldrovandus, 
Kircher, and Boym, have treated pretty fully 
of this animal ; but Grew is the only author 
who has given an exa6t description of it, from 
tL stuffed skin which, in his time, was preserved 
in the cabinet of the Royal Society of London. 
The year after the publication of Grev. 's work, 
in 168 1, Luc Schrockius printed, at Vienna, 
the history of this animal ; which contains 
nothing remarkable, either for corre61:ness or 
novelty. I shall, however, combine the facls 
which can be gathered from it with those of 
other authors, and particularly the more mo- 
dern travellers. Having never been able to 
procure the animal itself, we are reduced to 
the necessity of colledling and digesting what 
has been said of it by others. From Grew's 
description, which is the only authentic work 
we are possessed of, it appears that this animal 
has long coarse hair, a sharp muzzle, and tusks 
like those of a Hog ; and that, by these cha- 
Ta6ters, it approaches the Wild Boar, or rather 
the Babiroussa, called the Wild Indian Boar 
bv the naturalists ; which, along with several 
chara(flers 
