. Outing. party began firing, and inan instant the animals were on their feetand charging up the steep mountain is a trick of the musk ox when pursued always to seek the highest available cut all his dogs loose at once,and we followed as rapidly as we could. In all my experience I had never en-countered a rougher, more difficult coun-try in which to hunt than this in Elles-mere Land. Ordinarily, I should havebelieved these mountain sides, with wallsof smooth rock sheathed with a crust ofhard ice and snow, quite unscalable. Inplaces they were almost di
. Outing. party began firing, and inan instant the animals were on their feetand charging up the steep mountain is a trick of the musk ox when pursued always to seek the highest available cut all his dogs loose at once,and we followed as rapidly as we could. In all my experience I had never en-countered a rougher, more difficult coun-try in which to hunt than this in Elles-mere Land. Ordinarily, I should havebelieved these mountain sides, with wallsof smooth rock sheathed with a crust ofhard ice and snow, quite unscalable. Inplaces they were almost did they offer a crevice to serveas foot or hand hold, and jutting pointsand firm-set boulders were too widelyscattered to be of much help. In this his native land the Eskimo hasa decided advantage over the white hun-ter. His lifetime of experience has taughthim to scale these ice-clad heights with Copyright, rqoq, by Outing Publishing Co. All rights at Stationers Hall, London, England. 393. MR. WHITNEY AND HIS ESKIMO AIDES IN ELLESMERE LAND. The names of the Eskimo, beginning at the left, are: Awhela (with Dr. Cook on his trip to the Pole),Eiseeyou, Tukshu, Young Oxpuddyshou, and Old Oxpuddyshou. The photograph was taken byEtukishuk, who was also with Dr. Cook. a nimbleness and ease that are astound-ing. He is quite fearless, and even themountain sheep is not his superior as aclimber. As if by magic, and with littleapparent effort, the two Eskimos flew upthe slippery walls, far outstripping they did it I shall never and again I was forced to cut stepsin the ice or I should inevitably have lostmy footing and been hurled downwardseveral hundred feet to the rocks be-neath. I was astonished even at my ownprogress, and when I paused to glancebehind me I felt a momentary panic. Butthere was no turning back and one lookdown robbed me of any desire to try it. I had made but half the ascent, ex-hausted by the tremendous effort, whenEiseeyou, already at th
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