. St. Nicholas [serial] . four months,but finally died. In the large natural-history collection madethen by Lieutenant Lockwood there are nowthree skins of Musk-Oxen, boxed securely, andeven at this moment waiting patiently amidthe arctic snows and frosts at abandoned FortConger, to be called for. Of other far north regions, the Musk-Ox in-habits northern Greenland, and has also beentaken on the eastern coast. General Greelysays that not far from two hundred Musk-Oxen are now inhabitants of Grinnell Land,fed by abundant vegetation. Willow, saxifrage,dryas, and grasses form winter as well as su
. St. Nicholas [serial] . four months,but finally died. In the large natural-history collection madethen by Lieutenant Lockwood there are nowthree skins of Musk-Oxen, boxed securely, andeven at this moment waiting patiently amidthe arctic snows and frosts at abandoned FortConger, to be called for. Of other far north regions, the Musk-Ox in-habits northern Greenland, and has also beentaken on the eastern coast. General Greelysays that not far from two hundred Musk-Oxen are now inhabitants of Grinnell Land,fed by abundant vegetation. Willow, saxifrage,dryas, and grasses form winter as well as sum-mer food. I found large beds of willow thathad been fed on during April, the Musk-Oxenhaving broken the crust and scraped off thesnow to reach it. Contrary to many publishedstatements, General Greely found no evidencethat this animal ever eats lichens. In actual bulk I think the Musk-Ox mustbe about equal to our elk, though of coursethe latter is very much taller. General Greelystates that the average for ten Musk-Oxen. HEAD OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. i89s] THE BUFFALO, MUSK-OX, MOUNTAIN SHEEP, AND MOUNTAIN GOAT. 679 killed in the autumn of 1882 was three hundredand sixty pounds of dressed meat, while thelargest of all weighed about twelve hundredgross, and dressed four hundred and thirty-twopounds. At last we have reached that gallant fellow,the Mountain Sheep, or Big-horn. A truecliff-dweller is he. Born un-der the shelving rocks of abeetling cliff, sometimes ac-tually cradled in the snow,and reared in the stormy atmosphere of highaltitudes, he is a typical mountaineer. Wherever mountain sheepor big-horn. spread like a relief-map three thousand feet be-fore him, is his delight. In former times he wasventuresome, and often wandered miles awayfrom his mountain home to explore temptingtracts of bad lands; and, being unmolested, hesometimes took up a permanent residence insuch places. But the venturesome inhabitantsof low, isolated mountains and shelterless badlands have paid wit
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