The steamship Bergensfjord landed in Manhattan last week with a cargo of 34 musk oxen for the U. S. Government. The animals had come all the way from East Greenland via Norway; had even farther to travel after they reached Manhattan. The U. S. Government had bought them to release in the vicinity of Fairbanks, Alaska. The U. S. plans to spend $40,000 to re-establish the herds of musk oxen which disappeared from Alaska before men can remember.
The musk ox stands 5 ft. tall at the shoulder, has a broad heavy head,...
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