THE MUSK-OX, 
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dense mass of hair, with which the whol^ 
body is covered, and which in winter become* 
a thick woolly coat beneath the long straigh*^ 
hair that forms his outer garment, he is etfeC' 
tually protected from the severity of the se»' 
sons. The orbits of the eyes are remarkably 
prominent ; and it has been conjectured, thi'l i 
this formation is necessary to carry the ey® 
of the animal beyond the large quantity 
hair required to preserve the warmth of tM ^ 
head. 
The musk-ox is a native of the norther*^ 
regions of North America. According 
Winterbotham, in his History of America, 
is most commonly found on the west side 
Hudson’s Bay and Seal River, where in hi^ 
time the species were said to be numerori*' 
living in herds of twenty or thirty. But th® 
recent discoveries of Captains Ross, Parry^ 
and Franklin, have proved that the musk-^'^ 
is more widely extended over the arctic 
