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MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 173
than one instance where a stray animal had been killed at
fully 100 miles from the nearest " Barrens." The most
southerly wandering of the species beyond the limits of its
normal range is that recorded by Mr. Preble in North American
Fauna, No. 22 ( 1902). A pair was seen on the
" Barrensbetween York Factory and Fort Churchill, in
about latitude 57° north, and the male was shot. This
authentic information was obtained by Mr. Preble from Dr.
Alexander Milne, now Assistant Commissioner at Moose
Factory, Hudson Bay.
The northern range of the musk ox is truly polar. Nearly
every wintering Arctic expedition has met with them singly
or in small ( never in large) herds. Former traces have also
been observed at many northern points, while on one occasion
a travelling party on Melville Land ( Island) saw a
pure white individual among a comparatively large herd—
probably the only instance of the kind on record. Between
Sept. 3, 1S52, and Sept. 9. 1853. the hunters of Her Majesty's
Arctic ship Resolute shot 114 musk oxen on Melville
Island, a clear proof of itself that they are fairly abundant
in that remote locality. Doctor Armstrong, of the Investigator,
says that in Prince of Wales Strait five, and during
his stay in Mercy Bay. Bank-; Land. two. full- grown animals
were killed. Several were also shot by himself and Lieutenant
P im on Melville Island. In 1875- 70 Sir George Nares,
of Her Majesty's exploring ship Alert, who wintered in
latitude 82° 27' north, longitude 61° 22' west, secured quite
a number of animals. The first herd seen consisted of a
veteran and two young bulls and four old and two young
cows. They were all surrounded and, with the exception
of the first- mentioned, which required several bullets to finish
him, were easily killed. Nares refers to the fact that in
1872 the crew of the American expedition ship Polaris shot
twenty- six animals on the opposite side of Kennedy Channel
during the twelve months passed by them in that latitude.
Markham remarks that " musk oxen ascend hills and
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 173 than one instance where a stray animal had been killed at fully 100 miles from the nearest " Barrens." The most southerly wandering of the species beyond the limits of its normal range is that recorded by Mr. Preble in North American Fauna, No. 22 ( 1902). A pair was seen on the " Barrensbetween York Factory and Fort Churchill, in about latitude 57° north, and the male was shot. This authentic information was obtained by Mr. Preble from Dr. Alexander Milne, now Assistant Commissioner at Moose Factory, Hudson Bay. The northern range of the musk ox is truly polar. Nearly every wintering Arctic expedition has met with them singly or in small ( never in large) herds. Former traces have also been observed at many northern points, while on one occasion a travelling party on Melville Land ( Island) saw a pure white individual among a comparatively large herd— probably the only instance of the kind on record. Between Sept. 3, 1S52, and Sept. 9. 1853. the hunters of Her Majesty's Arctic ship Resolute shot 114 musk oxen on Melville Island, a clear proof of itself that they are fairly abundant in that remote locality. Doctor Armstrong, of the Investigator, says that in Prince of Wales Strait five, and during his stay in Mercy Bay. Bank-; Land. two. full- grown animals were killed. Several were also shot by himself and Lieutenant P im on Melville Island. In 1875- 70 Sir George Nares, of Her Majesty's exploring ship Alert, who wintered in latitude 82° 27' north, longitude 61° 22' west, secured quite a number of animals. The first herd seen consisted of a veteran and two young bulls and four old and two young cows. They were all surrounded and, with the exception of the first- mentioned, which required several bullets to finish him, were easily killed. Nares refers to the fact that in 1872 the crew of the American expedition ship Polaris shot twenty- six animals on the opposite side of Kennedy Channel during the twelve months passed by them in that latitude. Markham remarks that " musk oxen ascend hills and |
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