| 1800 - 574 Seiten
...partaking less of the nature of hair than of feathers ; or rather resembling the porcupine's quill. The musk is a secretion formed in a, little bag, or...tumor, resembling a wen, situated at the navel ; and it is found only in the male. A ridge of mountains, covered with snow during the whole year, surrounded... | |
| 1800 - 572 Seiten
...partaking less of the nature of hair than of feathers; or rather resembling the porcupine's quill. The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag, or tumor, resembling a wen, situated at the navel i and it is found only in the mule. • A ridge of mountains, covered with snow during the whole year,... | |
| Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel - 1802 - 650 Seiten
...the upper jaw, and are directed downwards; the musk is a secretion formed in a little bag, or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel; and is found only in the male. Numbers of wild horses were seen at a distance; they were very shy, but our author could distinguish... | |
| Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 846 Seiten
...same time it is thin, flexible, and nut straight, but undulated. The colour at the base is wliite, in the middle black, and brown at the points. The...thus procured forms a valuable article of revenue. An jther valuable animal is found in Tibet, namely, the goat, which yields tlie materials for the manufacture... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 Seiten
...musk, which forms a valuable article of revenue, is a secretion contained in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel, and is found only in the male. The goat of Thibet is the most beautiful species of goats, and is the. animal which yields the material... | |
| 1832 - 636 Seiten
...thin, flexible, not straight, but undulated. The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel, and is found only in the male. The musk-deer is the property of the state, and is hunted only by the permission of government. It... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 Seiten
...and three inches long, lying smooth only where it is short, on the head, legs, and ears. . . . The colour, at the base, is white, in the middle black,...The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel; and is found only in the male." (Embassy to Tibet,... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 Seiten
...two and three inches long, lying smooth only where it is short, on the head, legs, and ears. . .. The colour, at the base, is white, in the middle black,...The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the navel; and is found only in the male." {Embassy to Tibet,... | |
| Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 Seiten
...is short, on the head, legs, and ears. . .. The colour, at the base, is white, in the middle biack, and brown at the points. The musk is a secretion formed in a little bag or tumour, resembling a wen, situated at the na-vel; and is found only in the male." (Embassy to Tibet,... | |
| 1856 - 922 Seiten
...the porcupine's quill, at the same time it is thin, flexible, and not straight, but undulated. The colour at the base is white, in the middle black,...tumor, resembling a wen, situated at the navel, and found only in the male. Among the valuable and useful animals of T., the breed of sheep merits a distinguished... | |
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