ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE BEGINNING OF THE SLAUGHTER . . . Frontispiece 



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IN THE FAR NORTH 15 



AT BAY 30 



OUTNUMBERED 45 



EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX CALF 57 



HEAD OF TWO-YEAR-OLD MUSK-OX BULL .... 57 

 MUSK-OXEN ON CAPE MORRIS JESUP, BROUGHT TO BAY 



BY DOGS 65 



THE AUTHOR'S BARREN GROUND HUNTING KNIFE AND Ax 67 



THE BARREN GROUND MUSK-OX A FULL-GROWN BULL . 71 



FOREFOOT OF BARREN GROUND MUSK-OX .... 76 



FULL-GROWN EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX ADULT MALE 77 



FOREFOOT OF EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX .... 79 



SKULL OF THE EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX FRONT VIEW 82 



SKULL OF THE BARREN GROUND MUSK-OX FRONT VIEW 82 



SKULL OF THE EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX SIDE VIEW . 83 



SKULL OF THE BARREN GROUND MUSK-OX SIDE VIEW . 83 



MALE YEARLING OF THE EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX . 87 



ADULT FEMALE OF THE EAST GREENLAND MUSK-OX . 95 



MUSK-OX CALF 101 



THE LAST OF THE HERD 109 



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