Musk-ox, bison, sheep, and goat . EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX CALF Collected at Fort Conger by Commander R. E. Peary, (From a photographprovided by the American Museum of Natural History). HEAD OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD MUSK-OX BULL Killed and photographed in the Barren Grounds by the author. The horns are justbeginning to show a downward tendency. Hair over forehead is gray, short, andsomewhat curly. The background is the tepee referred to in the text. Method of Hunting 59 dogs bay them. And all this running would beunnecessary if the Indians exercised more hunt-ing skill and judgment. Although the
Musk-ox, bison, sheep, and goat . EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX CALF Collected at Fort Conger by Commander R. E. Peary, (From a photographprovided by the American Museum of Natural History). HEAD OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD MUSK-OX BULL Killed and photographed in the Barren Grounds by the author. The horns are justbeginning to show a downward tendency. Hair over forehead is gray, short, andsomewhat curly. The background is the tepee referred to in the text. Method of Hunting 59 dogs bay them. And all this running would beunnecessary if the Indians exercised more hunt-ing skill and judgment. Although the prairie form of the country isnot altogether the best for stalking, yet one couldstalk comparatively near a herd before turningthe dogs loose. The Indians never do this, and,in addition, the dogs set up a yelping and a howl-ing the moment they catch sight of the , of course, starts off the musk-oxen, whichinvariably choose the roughest part of the coun-try, no doubt feeling, and rightly, too, that theirpursuers will have the more difficult time follow-ing. Indian dogs are not always to be reliedupon, for they have a disposition to hunt in agroup, and your entire bunch of
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