ISBN: 9781130074963

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 56 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 56 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: . . . bodies being therefore so many anchors to hold them to the fatal spot until their own turn arrives. As their numbers fall one at a time, the muskoxen resolutely persist in their curious and singular mode of defense, presenting their ugly-looking horns toward as many points of the compass as their remaining numbers will allow. When only two are left, these, with rumps together, and, facing from each other, will continue the unequal battle against the enemy, and even the last forlorn hope will back up against the largest pile of his dead and dying comrades, or against a large rock or snow-bank and defy his pursuers, dogs and hunters, until his death. While the little calves are too young and feeble to take their places in the front ranks--that is, until they are about eight or nine months old--they occupy the hollow square or interior space formed by their defensive parents; but when their elders have perished in their defense, with an instinct born of their species, they will form in the same circular order and show light. It is a curious thing that if a single musk-ox is encountered and bayed, he will never remain satisfied until he has backed up against something, however small, to protect him from a rear attack. They have almost as much confidence in this trick as the ostrich has in hiding its head in the sand, for a rock no larger than a mans head will suffice if nothing better is conveniently near. The most singular part is the way they will respect the same absurd defense, and my hunters emphasized the caution a half a dozen times before the chase took place not to attempt to run beyond some slightly projecting rock or snow bank, and dodge around it should the relations between myself and a musk-ox require such dodging. So many times did t. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 113007496X

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