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try where it would thrive. The domestic herds of 

 this animal would supply food and clothing and 

 render the country habitable for people for all time 

 to come and the time is coming when that coun- 

 try will be settled as is northern Europe today. 

 There is no doubt that in its own climate 

 the musk-ox could be made as much of a range ani- 

 mal as the reindeer is in Lapland, and it would be 

 far more useful than the domesticated reindeer, so 

 carefully imported into a country already supplied 

 with magnificent native beasts perfectly adapted to 

 the climate, food and country. 



"Buffalo" Jones, whose heroic efforts at 



DOMESTICATING BUFFALO 



and crossing it with our domestic cattle have been 

 so little appreciated by the unthinking public, made 

 an expedition to the Barren Land of the north in 

 order to secure some musk-ox calves with which 

 to start a herd. After enduring great hardships 

 and going through many adventures he was suc- 

 cessful in capturing a number of the young ani- 

 mals. The calves in his camp attracted the wolves 

 which he had literally to fight away in hand-to-hand 

 conflict during which the wolves killed his dog. 



But he saved the calves only to have them 

 treacherously slaughtered by his Indian hunters so 

 that the doughty Colonel returned to his home 

 empty handed with a new lot of thrilling experi- 

 ences added to his already long list of personal ad- 

 ventures. 



