dressing of the carcass is also a preventative, and when free from 

 this unpleasantness, the meat is considered excellent eating. 



Few animals present a more odd and interesting appearance 

 than does this rare northern creature. The first thing to impress us 

 is the magnificent horns of the male. These meet at the middle of 

 the massive forehead in two flattened bases, as wide as the entire 

 width of the brow, and, after extending downward and slightly 

 outward from the cheeks for a short distance, end in a decided 

 upward and forward curve almost on a level with the eye. These 

 horns vary in length from twenty-four to twenty-six inches and, 

 in no animal save the mountain sheep are these features more 

 prominent and noteworthy. 



In height the musk ox stands about four feet, in length meas- 

 ures some six feet, and weighs, on an average, approximately four 

 hundred pounds. Far larger does he look, though, as he stands 

 with his long, shaggy, dark brown hair, matted tightly over his 



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