Musk-ox, bison, sheep and goat . r North .... At Bay 3° Outnumbered 45 East Greenland Musk-ox Calf 57 Head of Two-year-old Musk-ox Bull .... 57Musk-oxen on Cape Morris Jesup, brought to Bay BY Dogs 65 The Authors Barren Ground Hunting Knife and Ax 67 The Barren Ground Musk-ox—a Full-grown Bull . 71 Forefoot of Barren Ground Musk-ox .... 76 Full-grown East Greenland Musk-ox — Adult Male 77 Forefoot of East Greenland Musk-ox .... 79 Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox — Front View 82 Skull of the Barren Ground Musk-ox — Front View 82 Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox — Side View . 83 Skull of
Musk-ox, bison, sheep and goat . r North .... At Bay 3° Outnumbered 45 East Greenland Musk-ox Calf 57 Head of Two-year-old Musk-ox Bull .... 57Musk-oxen on Cape Morris Jesup, brought to Bay BY Dogs 65 The Authors Barren Ground Hunting Knife and Ax 67 The Barren Ground Musk-ox—a Full-grown Bull . 71 Forefoot of Barren Ground Musk-ox .... 76 Full-grown East Greenland Musk-ox — Adult Male 77 Forefoot of East Greenland Musk-ox .... 79 Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox — Front View 82 Skull of the Barren Ground Musk-ox — Front View 82 Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox — Side View . 83 Skull of the Barren Ground Musk-ox — Side View . 83 Male Yearling of the East Greenland Musk-ox . 87 Adult Female of the East Greenland Musk-ox . 95 Musk-ox Calf loi The Last of the Herd 109 II 12 Ilhstrations Protected . Rocky Mountain Sheep Alert .... Under a Hot Sky Surprised The Saddleback Sheep Above Timber Line . The White Goat is an Agile Climber . 139169177187201213229253 THE MUSK-OX AND ITS HUNTING By Caspar Whitney. IN THE FAR NORTH MUSK-OX, BISON, SHEEP, ANDGOAT THE MUSK-OX I My First Kill We had passed through the Land of LittleSticks, as the Indians so appropriately call thatdesolate waste which connects the edge of tim-ber land with the Barren Grounds, and had beenfor several days making our way north on thelookout for any living thing that would provideus with a mouthful of food. We had got into one of those pieces of thisgreat barren area, which, broken by rocky ridges,of no great height but of frequent occurrence,are unspeakably harassing to the travelling snow-shoer. It was the third twelve hours of our fast,save for tea and the pipe, and all day we hadbeen dragging ourselves wearily up one ridgeand down another in the ever recurring and 17 18 The Mttsk-ox always disappointed hope that on each we shouldsight caribou or musk-oxen. The Indians werediscouraged and sullen, as they usually did becomeon such occasions; and this troubled me reallymore than not fi
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