146 GOATS AND SHEEP 



a " whine." The musk ox is doomed to extinction, though 

 the last Peary expedition reports seeing large numbers. It 

 is mostly confined to the regions around the Great Bear 

 and Great Slave lakes and along the upper tributaries of 

 the Mackenzie River. As food the animal is very valua- 

 ble to the dwellers of the far North. In its best condition 

 an ox will weigh four hundred and fifty pounds, the flesh, 

 when the animal is fat, resembling venison. 



