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part of April, is remarkably fine ; and would certainly be not only 

 interesting but likewise valuable if the species could be acclimatised in 

 the north of Sweden." When these observations were made the two 

 calves were living at Boden, in Northern Sweden. 



In November 1900 a letter, under the signature of " Snowtly," appeared 

 in 'Hw F/t'/i'/ newspaper, containing the following statement : — 



" Altogether fourteen musk-oxen were brought to Norway this summer, 

 a result which, all things considered, may be regarded as satisfactory ; as 

 compared, indeed, with what the Swedish and Danish expeditions succeeded 

 in doing, it may fiirly be described as astonishing, for each of these brought 

 away a single calf only. The success of the Norwegians was probably due 

 to their better knowledge of the special localities and conditions, and to 

 their having been earlier in the field. One very good specimen, a 

 yearling male, was sent from Hammerfest to Hamburg, but untortunately 

 it lost a horn on the journey, and it fetched £6^ only in consequence. 

 The Antwerp Zoological Gardens bought five calves immediately on their 

 arrival at Aalesund at /^5o each, but, as three of them died before reaching 

 their destination, the survivors cost £12^ apiece. With such prices to 

 be obtained it is probable that the musk-ox will be pursued with unabated 

 persistency next summer, and at the hands of the hunters receive the same 

 treatment and share the same tate as the walrus, for in order to capture 

 the calves alive they will shoot down all the old ones they come across. 

 The Danish Scientific Expedition under the command ot Lieut. Amdrup 

 returned a few days ago (4th Oct.) from Greenland, and there the members 

 shot many of these creatures ; in the district round and to the north of 

 Scoresby Sound they were met with in large numbers, and the meat 

 was found to be excellent. An attempt was made to capture an adult 

 specimen alive, but this was found impossible ; and in order to secure 

 a single calf a whole herd of fourteen had to be first shot down. Later 

 on a second cali was obtained by having recourse to the same somewhat 



