216 THE WILDERNESS AND JUNGLE 



with the midge and mosquito, is an even worse 

 pest in Newfoundland. 



British Columbia has, thanks to the in- 

 accessible sanctuaries high up in the Rocky 

 Mountains, become the last refuge of many of 

 the finest North American animals, and there 

 the grizzly bear, wapiti, and bighorn still hold 

 out against the rifle and other resources of a 

 greedy civilisation, their survival being en- 

 couraged by the Canadian Government, as 

 well as by the provincial game wardens, who 

 do all they can to punish poachers and to 

 regulate the destruction of the wild game. The 

 Canadian National Park at Banff, of which 

 something is said in the concluding chapter of 

 the book, is a model for all such establish- 

 ments, and reflects the greatest credit on 

 Canadians in general and on those responsible 

 for its control in particular. 



OXEN, SHEEP AND GOATS 



The musk ox is the nearest Canadian relative 

 of the bison, or buffalo, and the latter, existing 

 as it does only under protection, is more 

 appropriately referred to elsewhere. The musk 

 ox is a native of the dreary Barren Grounds 

 and the desolate shores of the Great Slave 

 Lake. This wild ox of the frozen north 

 stands 4^ feet at the shoulder, and is, like 



