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170 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
always considered it, when i n prime condition, second to
no other variety of flesh food to be had i n that extensive
territory.
MUSK Ox— Ovibos moschatus ( Zimmerman).
T h i s interesting member of the f a m i l y Bovidw has not,
so far as I am aware, been discovered i n the flesh to the
westward of the Mackenzie R i v e r , nor, as a rule, are many
met w i t h i n the tract of country l y i n g to the eastward between
that stream and the Anderson. M r . P . Deschambeault
d i s t i n c t l y remembers having, upward of fifty years ago, seen
his first musk- ox skin at F o r t McPherson, P e e l R i v e r , then
i n charge of his father, C h i e f Trader George Deschambeault.
I t had probably been taken f r om a straggler by an I n d i an
on the east side of the Mackenzie R i v e r . In the " B a r r e n s ' '
proper, however, as well as along the A r c t i c A m e r i c a n coast,
and on the borders of, and for a short distance w i t h i n , the
northern forest region to the south- eastward, i n winter, musk
oxen are f a i r l y , though i n no one place or section very,
numerous. In fact, very few were ever observed by us on
any of our several specimen- collecting tours from Fort
Anderson to F r a n k l i n Bay, or on any other of our many
summer and winter journeys w i t h i n the A r c t i c Circle.
On one occasion, however ( J u l y 4, 1864), on our way
back f r om that bay, we saw a herd of twenty- five animals
of various ages reposing on the side ( and just below the
summit) of a gentle eminence i n the B a r r e n Grounds. A
patriarchal- looking b u l l on the top of the eminence evidently
kept guard, w h i l e the others appeared to sleep. I had been
for some time endeavouring to obtain a p a i r of l i v e calves
for shipment to London, and as this seemed a good opport
u n i t y for making an attempt i n that direction, we r a p i d ly
advanced to about 300 yards from their position, when we
halted and unloaded our twelve E s k i m o pack- carrying dogs
and sent them at the herd, while several of the fastest sprint-
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| OCR | 170 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN always considered it, when i n prime condition, second to no other variety of flesh food to be had i n that extensive territory. MUSK Ox— Ovibos moschatus ( Zimmerman). T h i s interesting member of the f a m i l y Bovidw has not, so far as I am aware, been discovered i n the flesh to the westward of the Mackenzie R i v e r , nor, as a rule, are many met w i t h i n the tract of country l y i n g to the eastward between that stream and the Anderson. M r . P . Deschambeault d i s t i n c t l y remembers having, upward of fifty years ago, seen his first musk- ox skin at F o r t McPherson, P e e l R i v e r , then i n charge of his father, C h i e f Trader George Deschambeault. I t had probably been taken f r om a straggler by an I n d i an on the east side of the Mackenzie R i v e r . In the " B a r r e n s ' ' proper, however, as well as along the A r c t i c A m e r i c a n coast, and on the borders of, and for a short distance w i t h i n , the northern forest region to the south- eastward, i n winter, musk oxen are f a i r l y , though i n no one place or section very, numerous. In fact, very few were ever observed by us on any of our several specimen- collecting tours from Fort Anderson to F r a n k l i n Bay, or on any other of our many summer and winter journeys w i t h i n the A r c t i c Circle. On one occasion, however ( J u l y 4, 1864), on our way back f r om that bay, we saw a herd of twenty- five animals of various ages reposing on the side ( and just below the summit) of a gentle eminence i n the B a r r e n Grounds. A patriarchal- looking b u l l on the top of the eminence evidently kept guard, w h i l e the others appeared to sleep. I had been for some time endeavouring to obtain a p a i r of l i v e calves for shipment to London, and as this seemed a good opport u n i t y for making an attempt i n that direction, we r a p i d ly advanced to about 300 yards from their position, when we halted and unloaded our twelve E s k i m o pack- carrying dogs and sent them at the herd, while several of the fastest sprint- |
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