MUSK-OXEN 
hibited, proved very satisfactory to the Com- 
mander. 
Dr. Goodsell with two teams, and the Es- 
quimo men, Keshungwah and Tawchingwah, 
left the ship on May 27, to hunt in the Lake 
Hazen and Ruggles River regions. They 
were successful in securing thirteen musk-oxen 
in that neighborhood, and in Bellows Valley 
they shot a number of the "Peary" caribou, the 
species ''Rangifer Pearyif' a distinct class of 
reindeer inhabiting that region. 
On the return of Dr. Goodsell, he told of 
his fascinating experiences in that wonderland. 
Leaving the Roosevelt, he had turned inland 
at Black Cliif Bay. Past the glaciers he went 
with his little party, down the Bellows Valley 
to the Buggies River, an actual stream of 
clear-running water, alive with the finest of 
salmon trout. Adopting the Esquimo meth- 
ods, he fished for these speckled beauties with 
joyful success. Here he rounded up and shot 
the herd of musk-oxen, and here he bagged his 
caribou. He was in a hunter's paradise and 
made no haste to return, but crossed overland 
to Discovery Harbor and the barn-like struc- 
ture of Fort Conger, the headquarters of 
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