Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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"[illegible]" to top of highest cliff above us. To our surprise three musk oxen were calmly sleeping in the sun, after building the igloo the boys took one dog and went up. Soon I heard the reports of their rifles and saw one big bull come trundling over the cliff. They found two others so they killed 5 in all. Ready of meat again for dogs and men. Thursday, March 16th Eureka Sound 16th day We are certainly in a land of plenty. Last night 3 musk oxen and a wolf. Today one white fox and three Arctic hares. He-foo-sha slave has his eye on the other fox which is eating dried up where the boys shivered the musk oxen. One rabbit came to life