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Arriving at the house, our guide introduced 

 to us his young musk-ox. The animal appeared 

 to be sulky and stupid. As its Latin name 

 Ovis bos indicates, it resembles a cross between 

 a sheep and an ox. The animal before us was 

 as large as a six months' calf at home. It was 

 covered with long brown hair. The legs, short 

 and thick, were white from the knee downwards. 

 The head, short and flat, was enormous compared 

 with the body. Its eyes were glazed and dull. 

 Two short horns just made their appearance 

 amid masses of hair. Having inspected it, I 

 asked my host whether one might hope to 

 encounter wild bulls hereabouts. He replied 

 that he had often seen them in a valley a short 

 distance away. After great difficulty (he ap- 

 peared to be afraid of leaving his calf alone fear- 

 ing that some one might appear and steal it) he 

 consented to conduct me there. Joe and Merite 

 would not accompany us, and they remained 

 near the house, promising my guide to keep a 

 keen eye upon the calf during our absence. We 

 (Rachlew, Swensen, Louis and myself) then set 

 out with him carrying our guns and hunting 

 bags. We had to scale a steep acclivity of 

 basalt to gain the plateau, on the farther side 

 of which a second wall of rock confronted us. 

 The summit of this cliff formed a large plateau, 



