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thofe of England. They are likewife to be 
feen on the Moors bordering on Cornwall and 
Devonfhire ; and on the mountains of Kerry, 
in Ireland, where they greatly embellifli the 
pidlurefque, romantic, and magnificent fcenc- 
ry, of the lake of Killarny. 
riie F E M A L E T I B E T. 
T 
i HI S creature, which is the female of 
the mulk, gives name to the kingdom of Ti- 
bet, a province in China, where it is found, 
between the latitude of 4.(5 and 60 degrees, 
Thefe animals naturally inhabit the moun- 
tains that are covered with pines, delight in 
folitude, and avoid mankind: when purfu- 
ed, they afeend the higheft mountains, which 
are inaccelfible to men or dogs. It is very 
timid*, and has fuch a quick fenfe of hearing, 
as to difeover an enemy at a very great dif- 
tance. The celebrated drug, called Mujk, 
is produced from the male only, and is found 
in a bag about the fize of a hen’s egg, on 
the belly, which has two fmall crevices 
through which it palfes. ’Fliis drug, when 
firft preffed out of the bag, appears like a 
brown fat matter ; but it is greatly adulte- 
rated by the hunters and dealers, in order to 
increafe its weight. Thefe animals are fo 
numerous, as to have aftbrded Tavemkr 
7673 mulk bags, in one journey which he 
matle, 
