. American animal life . SEA-LION MUSK-OX AND WHITE WOLF. AY up in the frozen North, where the long, dark nights are cold and fierce,there lives the strangest of all our large animals. I lis body looks likean oblong mass of very long, wavy, brown hair, supported upon short legs,that look like posts, partly hidden by his long hair. His only three¥ inches long and almost invisible. The top of his head is covered by apair of enormous horns, flattened at the base and meeting in the center ofhis forehead; from here they cross the head and curve downward, closeto the cheek, and finally upwar
. American animal life . SEA-LION MUSK-OX AND WHITE WOLF. AY up in the frozen North, where the long, dark nights are cold and fierce,there lives the strangest of all our large animals. I lis body looks likean oblong mass of very long, wavy, brown hair, supported upon short legs,that look like posts, partly hidden by his long hair. His only three¥ inches long and almost invisible. The top of his head is covered by apair of enormous horns, flattened at the base and meeting in the center ofhis forehead; from here they cross the head and curve downward, closeto the cheek, and finally upward to a point. It is hard to imagine how these animals get food in the dark months. Of course thereare ridge crests kept clear of snow by blizzards and heavy winds, and the} probably digthrough snow and ice for grass, willow, and saxifrage, but when spring comes these strangecreatures look as if they had been well fed. Like the caribou this creature has a fine, soft, dense, light brown wool next to his skin,for warmth, through which neither cold nor wet
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