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THE MUSK-OX. 
of the sheep and the ox. His horns 
close at the base ; they bend down and 
of , ® general figure of the musk-ox partakes 
ate 
^^llier backward, not protecting the eyes, and 
outward at the ends. In the full 
animal they are about two feet long, 
p the pair will sometimes weigh sixty 
The legs are short, hut clean and 
Between the shoulders, at the com- 
1 ^*^cement of the dorsal line, there is a small 
which is usually covered with a sort of 
fine wool. The same kind of fleece, 
is found all over the body under the 
S and silky, though shaggy, hair which 
til. 
the hide, and hangs down nearly to 
^ Sfound. Winterbotham relates that the 
^'^ittiaux make caps of the long hair hang- 
