CONTENTS

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[THE MUSK-OX.] By Caspar Whitney
I.My First Kill[17]
II.The Provision Question[32]
III.Seasons and Equipment[44]
IV.Method of Hunting[56]
V.The Musk-ox[70]
[THE BISON.] By George Bird Grinnell[107]
[THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP: HIS WAYS.] By Owen Wister[167]
[THE WHITE GOAT AND HIS WAYS.] By Owen Wister[227]
[INDEX][277]


ILLUSTRATIONS

The Beginning of the Slaughter[Frontispiece]
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In the Far North[15]
At Bay[30]
Outnumbered[45]
East Greenland Musk-ox Calf[57]
Head of Two-year-old Musk-ox Bull[57]
Musk-oxen on Cape Morris Jesup, brought to Bay by Dogs[65]
The Author’s Barren Ground Hunting Knife and Ax[67]
The Barren Ground Musk-ox—a Full-grown Bull[71]
Forefoot of Barren Ground Musk-ox[76]
Full-grown East Greenland Musk-ox—Adult Male[77]
Forefoot of East Greenland Musk-ox[79]
Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox—Front View[82]
Skull of the Barren Ground Musk-ox—Front View[82]
Skull of the East Greenland Musk-ox—Side View[83]
Skull of the Barren Ground Musk-ox—Side View[83]
Male Yearling of the East Greenland Musk-ox[87]
Adult Female of the East Greenland Musk-ox[95]
Musk-ox Calf[101]
The Last of the Herd[109]
Protected[139]
Rocky Mountain Sheep[169]
Alert[177]
Under a Hot Sky[187]
Surprised[201]
The Saddleback Sheep[213]
Above Timber Line[229]
The White Goat is an Agile Climber[253]