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FIG. 19. BARREN GROUNDS MUSK-OX HEAD 



first book "The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada," (Macmillan, 1892), a 

 work that now is justly famous, especially among sportsmen and naturalists. 

 Naturally, the head trophies which it is possible for a hunter to bring out 

 of the Barren Grounds in midwinter, are few in number. The majority of 

 those shot and preserved by Mr. Pike were finally abandoned as the party 

 fled southward to escape death by freezing or starvation. Of the few that 



