170 ME MINNA, AND JAVA MUSK,' 
ears four inches long ; the tail six inches long ; the 
legs slender,, jet muscular. 
These creatures, peculiar to Guiana and Brasil, 
are remarkable for their timidity, and for a cor- 
respondent lightness of form, and agility of motion. 
Like goats, they are sometimes seen standing with 
their four legs together on the point of a rock e 
The delicacy of their flesh draws upon them a 
number of enemies. The Indians, as well as the 
tigers, and other beasts of prey, all eagerly pursue 
them. Their safety is most endangered when 
they attempt to swim ; for their legs are but very ill 
adapted to that exercise. They are ranked in this 
genus, not as affording musk, but as wanting 
horns. 
Meminna. 
This animal is an inhabitant of Java and Cey- 
lon. Its form is diminutive. It is not more than 
one foot five inches in length. Its whole weight 
is only five pounds and a half. Its ears are large 
and open ; its tail very short ; its sides and 
haunches are variegated with spots, and transverse 
bars of white on a cinereous olive ground. The 
rest of the upper part of its body is a cinereous 
olive, without spots. Its throat, breast, and belly 
are white. 
Java musk. 
Peculiar to Java is another animal of this 
genus, equal in size to a rabbit, with remarkable 
slender, puny legs ; w ith its snout and ears bare, 
without pits in the groin, or under the eye ; having 
tufts on its knees ; and under its throat, two iong 
divergent hairs. The neck is hoary, with an in- 
termixture of yellow ; a black line , marks the 
