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Quadrupeds. 
mouth and descend below the chin. The Musk Deer is 
exceedingly active, and leaps to an astonishing height. 
The male is remarkable for possessing a pouch about the 
size of an egg, near the navel ; this contains a brown, 
oily matter, of a most powerful odour, which is the well- 
known perfume called musk, so highly esteemed amongst 
Eastern nations. 
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THE GIRAFFE, OR CAMELOPARD. 
(Camelopardalis Giraffa.) 
This most remarkable ruminant, which in its general 
structure nearly approaches the Deer, has points of affi- 
nity also with the antelopes and camels, besides very 
striking peculiarities of its own. 
