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the musk ox. 
liunted by the Indians and fur-traders for the sake 
of their flesli and hides. 
The size of the animal, when fully g^'own, is nearly 
e(]ual to a small Highland bullock, rather shorter in 
the legs. The horns are very broad, covering the 
brow and whole crown of the head, and touching 
each other for their whole breadth from before back- 
wards. The head is large and broad. There is no 
vestige of a naked muzzle, the end of the nose, 
middle part of the upper lip, and a great part of the 
lower, being covered with a close coat of short white 
hairs. The remainder of the head anterior to the 
horns is covered with very dark umber-brown hair, 
long and bushy towards the root of the nose. The 
eyes are moderately large. The general colour of 
the hair on the body is brown, on the neck and be- 
tween the shoulders long, matted, and somewliat 
curled : on the back and hips it is also long, but lies 
smoothly, and on the shoulders, sides and thighs, it 
IS so long as to hang down helow the middle of the 
legs ; on the centre of the back it has a soiled brown- 
ish colour. The hair on the throat and chest is very 
straight and long, and, together with the long hair 
on the lower jaw, hangs down like a beard or dew- 
lap. The tail is so short as to be concealed by the 
fur of the hips. The cow differs in being of a less 
size, having smaller horns, not touching at the base, 
and with shorter hair on the chest and throat. * 
Richardson, Faun. Bor, Americana, i. *2/7. 
