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less heavy loads, up those small mountains of 

 ice, and so most unwillingly the party had to 

 turn back. Needless to say, the return jour- 

 ney was far worse than the outgoing one, and 

 poor Bridge was half dead when they reached 

 safely. 



This, however, was not so painful an ad- 

 venture as when, quite suddenly one day, the 

 party came across that rare animal, the musk 

 ox. He made a curious dark object against 

 the surroundings of pure white, with his 

 shaggy brown body, short, stumpy legs, round 

 bright eyes, curved horns, and flat, hairy muz- 

 zle. For some time he stood still and surveyed 

 the intruders quietly, and then, for some un- 

 known reason, went straight for Bridge. In 

 all probability the dog had never seen a musk 

 ox before. The sudden onslaught apparently 

 took him by surprise, and, although usually 

 nimble and quick, this time he stood still long 

 enough for the musk ox to reach him. 



Before any one had time to realize what 

 was going to happen^ the ox with lowered 

 horns, had gored Bridge badly; Bridge made 



