THIBET MUSK- 
and the outsides a deep brown. 7'he chia 
js yellow. The hair on the whole body 
is ere61:, very long, and each is marked with 
short waves from top to bottom: the colour 
near the lower part is cinereous ; near the 
end, black; and, at the tips, ferruginous. 
The fore parts' of the neck, in some, is marked 
on each side with long white stripes from the 
head to the chest : the back is striped with pale 
brown, reaching to the sides. The hoofs are 
long, much divided, and black. The spurious 
hoofs of the fore feet are very long. The tail, 
which is an inch long, is hid in the hair. The 
scrotum is of a bright red colour. The 
female is less than the male ; has a sharper 
nose ; wants the two tusks ; and has two small 
teats. These animals inhabit the kingdom of 
Thibet, the Province of Mohang Mcng in 
China, Tonquin, and Bontan, as well as about 
the Lake Baikal, , and near the Rivers Jcne- 
sea and Argun. They are found from lati- 
tude 60, to 44 or 45 : but never wander so far 
south, except when forced, through liunger, by 
great frills of snow ; when they migrate, to feed 
on corn and new grown rice. M'hey inhabit, 
Qaturally, the mountains that arc covered with 
pines i 
