THIBET MUSK. 
pines, and places the most wild ar.d difficult of 
access ; , ioye solitude ; and avoid mankind. 
The chace is a trade of great trouble and dan- 
ger. If pursued, they seek the highest sum- 
mits, inaccessible to men or dogs." 
, The Thibet Musk is a very gentle and ex- 
cessively timid animal ; except in the season 
of love, in November or December, when 
the Males fight violently with their tusks for the 
Females. It is exceedingly av^^ive in leaping, 
running, climbing, and swimm.lng, and is with 
difficulty tamed. The flesh of the younger 
animals is reckoned delicate. The colour 
varies according to the age of the animal and 
time of the year ; but is chiefly blackish brown 
on the upper, and hoary, yet seldom white, 
on the under parts of the body. In younger 
animals, the fur is marked with streaks and 
spots; which, growing larger, as the animal 
grows older, at last vanish altogetlier. The 
true Musk is a clotted, oily, friable matter, of 
a dark brown colour: that from Tliibet is 
best , the Siberian Musk having somewhat the 
flavour of Castor. Each bag contains from 
a drachm and a half to two drachms. 
