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172 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
and gave no trouble, not even when being c a r r i e d across tbe
W i l m o t H o r t o n R i v e r , but to m y deep regret be died at sunr
i s e the following morning, having no doubt bled to death
i n t e r n a l l y . On reaching Rendezvous Lake, near the end of
the eastern l i m i t of the woods, m y disappointment was great
when I learned that a female spring musk- ox calf, which
had shortly before been secured for me b y an Anderson R i v e r
I n d i a n , had been k i l l e d by dogs d u r i n g the previous night.
Subsequent attempts i n the same desirable direction unfortunately
failed, and the field is therefore s t i l l open for the
successful efforts of some favorably circumstanced and
l u c k i e r party.
On another occasion ( J u n e 29, 1865), near the Wilmot
H o r t o n R i v e r , we shot a large b u l l w h i c h was grazing on a
flat p l a i n bordering on a small stream named Eagle. After
approaching h i m we unloaded our dogs and they soon surrounded
and began barking at him, a course which he
resented by endeavouring to impale one of them on his
sharply- curved horns; but just as we were coming w i t h in
gun range he noticed us and at once made off at f u l l speed.
I t was s u r p r i s i n g to witness the seemingly easy, but r e a l ly
swift, gait at which this rather short- legged and clumsy-looking
beast ascended a somewhat steep h i l l i n front of h i m .
A long and well- directed shot, however, suddenly ended his
career. The beef proved acceptable to the men and dogs,
and it neither smelled nor tasted of musk, as i t often does
later i n the year, but especially d u r i n g the r u t t i n g season,
when i t is scarcely eatable except by natives and a few of
the Company's servants blessed w i t h strong appetites and
good digestive powers. The hide was secured, but the skin
was so dilapidated, owing to the thick inner coating being
s t i l l unshed except i n large, u g l y patches, that i t was useless
as a specimen.
D u r i n g the severe cold of winter, the musk ox enters the
outer sections of the forest and is frequently found therein
to a distance of 40 or 50 miles, w h i l e we have heard of more
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| OCR | 172 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN and gave no trouble, not even when being c a r r i e d across tbe W i l m o t H o r t o n R i v e r , but to m y deep regret be died at sunr i s e the following morning, having no doubt bled to death i n t e r n a l l y . On reaching Rendezvous Lake, near the end of the eastern l i m i t of the woods, m y disappointment was great when I learned that a female spring musk- ox calf, which had shortly before been secured for me b y an Anderson R i v e r I n d i a n , had been k i l l e d by dogs d u r i n g the previous night. Subsequent attempts i n the same desirable direction unfortunately failed, and the field is therefore s t i l l open for the successful efforts of some favorably circumstanced and l u c k i e r party. On another occasion ( J u n e 29, 1865), near the Wilmot H o r t o n R i v e r , we shot a large b u l l w h i c h was grazing on a flat p l a i n bordering on a small stream named Eagle. After approaching h i m we unloaded our dogs and they soon surrounded and began barking at him, a course which he resented by endeavouring to impale one of them on his sharply- curved horns; but just as we were coming w i t h in gun range he noticed us and at once made off at f u l l speed. I t was s u r p r i s i n g to witness the seemingly easy, but r e a l ly swift, gait at which this rather short- legged and clumsy-looking beast ascended a somewhat steep h i l l i n front of h i m . A long and well- directed shot, however, suddenly ended his career. The beef proved acceptable to the men and dogs, and it neither smelled nor tasted of musk, as i t often does later i n the year, but especially d u r i n g the r u t t i n g season, when i t is scarcely eatable except by natives and a few of the Company's servants blessed w i t h strong appetites and good digestive powers. The hide was secured, but the skin was so dilapidated, owing to the thick inner coating being s t i l l unshed except i n large, u g l y patches, that i t was useless as a specimen. D u r i n g the severe cold of winter, the musk ox enters the outer sections of the forest and is frequently found therein to a distance of 40 or 50 miles, w h i l e we have heard of more |
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