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The form which has been placed next in the Ru- 
minantia, is the Musks, a race of animals of small 
size, and retired habits, still without horns, but with 
the canine teeth, two in number, on each side, much 
elongated, sometimes so much as to assume the form 
of tusks, with which the males can defend them- 
selves, and in the rutting season fight and generally 
inflict large wounds. They still want the lachry- 
mal glands. The most celebrated species is 
