Success and Failure 



&quot; It will be murder! &quot; he exclaimed. &quot; It s like 

 shooting down sheep.&quot; 



Rea came crashing up behind him and yelled: 

 &quot; Get busy. We need fresh meat, an I want the 

 skins.&quot; 



The bulls succumbed to well-directed shots, and 

 the Indian and Rea hurried back to camp with the 

 dogs to fetch the sleds, while Jones examined with 

 warm interest the animals he had wanted to see all 

 his life. He found the largest bull approached 

 within a third of the size of a buffalo. He was of a 

 brownish-black color and very like a large, woolly 

 ram. His head was broad, with sharp, small ears; 

 the horns had wide and flattened bases and lay flat 

 on the head, to run down back of the eyes, then curve 

 forward to a sharp point. Like the bison, the musk- 

 ox had short, heavy limbs, covered with very long 

 hair, and small, hard hoofs with hairy tufts inside 

 the curve of bone, which probably served as pads or 

 checks to hold the hoof firm on ice. His legs seemed 

 out of proportion to his body. 



Two musk-oxen were loaded on a sled and hauled 

 to camp in one trip. Skinning them was but short 

 work for such expert hands. All the choice cuts of 

 meat were saved. No time was lost in broiling a 

 steak, which they found sweet and juicy, with a 

 flavor of musk that was disagreeable. 



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