MUSE TRIBE* &€. 167 
European wool* as being stronger and more ser- 
viceable* 
MUSK TRIBE. 
The musk animals are inhabitants, almost ex- 
clusively, of India, and the Indian isles. Two or 
threp of the species are so exceedingly small, as 
scarcely to equal a rabbit in size. They are very 
gentle, but excessively timid ; on the appearance 
of a man they fly with precipitation into the re- 
cesses of their native wilds. Like the camels they 
have no horns. 
In their lower jaw they have eight front teeth; 
and in the upper jaw two long tusks, one on each 
side, which project out of the mouth. 
Tibet ian mijsk. 
The present species, the principal one of the 
tribe* is destitute of horns. The ears are somewhat 
large, the neck thick, and the hair on the whole 
body long, upright, and thick set. Each hair is 
undulated, the tip ferruginous, the middle black, 
and the bottom cinereous. The limbs are very 
slender, and of a full black colour ; and the tail 
is so short, as to be scarcely visible. The length 
of the male is about three feet, and that of the 
female about two feet and a quarter ; and their 
average weight is from twenty-five to thirty 
pounds. 
The Tibetian musk is a native of many parts 
of Asia* and is found throughout the whole king- 
