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Show Nonshrinkable Wool Supplied by Oviboi The musk-ox scientifically, the ovlbos Is one of the Interesting animals an-imals of the Arctic region. It Is something some-thing like a cow and something like a sheep, but Is not a cross, though the name, ovlbos, means a sheep-cow. It seems to be a relic of an animal that lived In the Stone age, when the hairy' rhinoceros and the mammoth were common, writes the travel editor of the Pathl'..idor Magazine. It feeds on grass herbs, moss and the shoots of trees. Not only Is Its meat very good to eat anil the hide good for leather, but the wool from Its coat Is softer than cashmere and It. has the advantage advan-tage over all oilier wool that It will not shrink. One can smell the ovlbos when It Is sllll a quarter of a mile j away, and this gives It its popular I name of musk-ox. But. tin niiiy I smell does not taint the meat If lint butchering Is carefully done. |