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Show Peary's Hunting Near The Pole. A well-illustrated article by Commander Com-mander Robert E. Peary describes "Hunting on tho Great Ice." Commander Com-mander Peary's photographs aro especially es-pecially clear and varied, and of themselves them-selves give as excellent an idea as may be had of the scenes which confront a hunter In tho great Arctio wilderness. Tho musk-ox Is ono of tho most Important Im-portant animals in tho hunting of tho searcher after tho North Pole. Tho Peary expedition killed in tho past four years something liko 350 musk-oxen, musk-oxen, some of them as far north as 83 dcg. 30 uin. Tho musk-oxen feed in herds of from flvo to moro than twenty, and are an easy prey to tho modern rifle, as thoy do not run far. The meat is as good as any beef, and the skin is used for bedding. The reindeer, too, is slaughtered by explorers ex-plorers by hundreds, and Is easy to kill. So far as sports is concerned, tho polar bear is the most Important of tho Arctio fauna, but Commodore Peary tells us that when hunted In the native way with dogs thero Is scarcely moro excitement In tho killing of Arctic bear than in tho killing of reindeer or musk-ox. If the bear Is not too old, Commander Peary assures us that tho meat Is very rich and palatable, particularly par-ticularly when eaten raw and frozen. Thero Is a sketch of Dr. Lorcnz, an account of tho great poultry establishments establish-ments of America In "Tho Great American Barnyard," by F. J. H siskin, and a study of William II. Crane tho actor. |