THE MUSK-OX. 
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I’^ecipitous situations, climbing among rocks 
'''’th all the agility and precision of the moun- 
^ftin goat, or chamois. Their food consists of 
S^fiss, when they can find it, moss, willow- 
and pine shoots. 
Captain Franklin has given the following 
^^count of the habit of these animals : — “ The 
*'^'isk-oxen, like the buffalo, herd together in 
^‘'■Hds, and generally frequent barren grounds 
'^'^I’ing the summer months, keeping near the 
fiv, 
Th, 
^rs, but retire to the woods in winter. 
Gy seem to be less watchful than most 
^*^her wild animals, and, when grazing, are 
difficult to approach, provided the hunters 
Against the wind. When two or three men 
so near a herd as to fire at them from 
afferent points, these animals, instead of se- 
t’^i'ating or running away, huddle closer to- 
§Gther, and several are generally killed ; but 
the wound is not mortal, they become en- 
^S^d, and dart in the most furious manner at 
