 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...certain conformation, and period of gestation happen to be common to both. Bos Moscatus, or the musk ox, " inhabits the North Georgian islands in the summer...their return towards the end of September. The musk ox ma)' be farther stated, on Esquimaux information, to inhabit the country on the west of Davis" Strait,... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 pages
...Georgian islands in the summer months, but being less numerous than the ivin-deei% and more difficultto approach, three individuals only were killed, all...arrived in Melville Island in the middle of .May, cross• ing the ice from the southward, and quitted it on their return towards the end of September.... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...Second Voyage : — " This species of ox inhabits the North Georgian Islands in the summer mouths. They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of May,...on their return towards the end of September. The musk-ox may be further stated, on Esquimaux information, to inhabit the country on the west of Davis'... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - Animal behavior - 1841 - 610 pages
...of close wool. THE MusK-Ox. — (Ovibos mosc/iatus blaino.) as they have been observed to arrive on Melville Island in the middle of May, crossing the ice from the southward, and to take their departure towards the end of September. The musk-ox is about the size of the small cattle... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - American literature - 1778 - 392 pages
...Second Voyage : — " This species of ox inhabits the North Georgian Islands in the summer months. They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of May,...on their return towards the end of September. The musk-ox may be further stated, on Esquimaux information, to inhabit the country on the west of Davis'... | |
 | Mammals - 1849 - 428 pages
...Parry's Second Voyage : — "This species of ox inhabits the North Georgian islands in the summer months. They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of May,...on their return towards the end of September. The musk-ox may be further stated, on Esquimaux information, to inhabit the country on the west of Davis... | |
 | George Vasey - Bison - 1857 - 218 pages
...to Dr. Richardson, the Musk-ox inhabits the North Georgian Islands in the summer months. They arrive in Melville Island in the middle of May, crossing the ice from the southward, and quit it on their return towards the end of September. The Musk-oxen, like the Bison, herd together... | |
 | Edward Alexander Preble - Animals - 1908 - 638 pages
...voyage. He says: This species * * * inhabits the North Georgia Islands In the summer months, * * *. They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of May....from the southward, and quitted it on their return toward the end of September." During Franklin's first northern journey musk-oxen were first noted near... | |
 | Animals - 1908 - 648 pages
...* * inhabits the North Georgia Isiands in the summer months. * * *. They arrived in Melville Isiaml in the middle of May. crossing the ice from the southward, and quitted it on their return toward the end of September." During Franklin's first northern journey musk-oxen were first noted near... | |
 | Vilhjalmur Stefansson - Arctic regions - 1922 - 336 pages
...Inaccessibility in the Arctic, Geogr. Rev. Vol. X, 1920, pp. 167-172, and "The Friendly Arctic," pp. 8-11. ""They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of...quitted it on their return towards the end of September" (A Supplement to The Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a NorthWest Passage, In... | |
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This species of ox inhabits the North Georgian Islands in the summer months. They arrived in Melville Island in the middle of May, crossing the ice from the southward, and quitted it on their return towards the end of September. 
