138 ' A JOURNEY TO THE 
i77z, The flefh of the mufk-ox noways refembles that — 
ae of the Weftern buffaio, but is more like that of 
July. the moofe or elk; and the fat is of a clear white, 
flightly tinged aah alight azure. The calves 
and young heifers are good eating; but theflefh 
of the bulls both fmells and taftes fo ftrong of | 
mufk, as to render it very difagreeable: eventhe | 
knife that cuts the flefh of an old bull will fmell fo 
ftrong of mufk, that nothing but fcowring the 
blade quite bright can remove it, and the handle 
will retain the fcent for along time. Though 
no part of a bull is free from this fmell, yet the 
parts of generation, in particular the wrethra, are 
by far the moft ftrongly impregnated. The urine 
itfelf muft contain this fcent in a very great de- 
gree; for the fheaths of the bull’s penis are cor- 
roded with a brown gummy {fubftance, which is 
nearly as high-fcented with mufk as that faid to be 
produced by the civet cat; and after having been 
kept for feveral years, feems not to lofe any of 
its quality. 
8th. On the eighth, the weather was fine and mode- 
rate, though not without fome fhowers of rain. 
Early in the morning we fet out, and walked eigh- 
teen miles tothe Northward. The Indians kill- 
ed fome deer; fo we put up by the fide of a {mall 
creek, that afforded a few willows, with which 
we made a fire for the firft time fince our leaving - 
Congecathawhachaga ; confequently it was here 
that we cooked our firft meal for a whole week. 
This, as may naturally be fuppofed, was well re- 
lifhed 
