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fifteen feet of him, when he snapped his camera, sprang to one 
side, and so avoided trouble. If one had any doubts in his 
mind as to the young Musk Ox’s intention he had only to look, 
as I did, at the tracks of the beast and not how well they covered 
the spot where Fairchild had stood. 
Having thus broken through our line, the fusilade was re- 
sumed by our riflemen, and so wildly did the bullets whistle 
about for a time that every man, acting the better part of valor, 
lay flat on the ground or sought the friendly shelter of some 
convenient boulder. Presently there was a cessation of firing, 
and in its stead there came from the valley below loud shouts 
for help and more cartridges. Seeing the humorous side of 
the situation rather than any other, I hurried down with my 
large camera and found the young Musk Ox, who had received 
a bullet through the neck and was bleeding freely, playing tag 
with Acres around a huge boulder. At times the pace around 
the rock was quite brisk, and once at least did I recognize the 
exclamation, “Get out you brute,” as rifle stock and Musk Ox 
head came into violent contact. 
The hour of the night or morning, as one may choose to 
call it, was half-past one o’clock, but so good was the light that 
I was able to obtain a fairly good photo of the Musk Ox, though 
it is a matter of regret that my picture does not better represent 
the whole episode. ‘The little beast was ultimately dispatched 
by a knife in the hand of one of my Indians. 
Immediately following this slaughter two days were spent 
in drying meat for future use, and a fine lot did we cure, after 
_ which we proceeded with our survey to the great Thelon River, 
and down that stream to its confluence with the Doobaunt, 
which I had surveyed with my brother in 1893. 
. From the confluence of the Doobaunt, on the morning of 
July 16th, Mr. Fairchild, with two canoes and party of five, set 
off for Hudson Bay, whilst I, with the one remaining canoe and 
two men returned up the Thelon, with the intention of explor- 
ing the upper part of the river and possibly getting through to 
Lake Athabasca, in which case I might be able to catch the last 
Hudson Bay Company steamer going up to the landing, and get 
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