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caribou before they could get near enough to shoot it. When attacked 

 by dogs it stands at bay, and then falls an easy victim to the hunters. 

 In the regions far to the north, where the caribou is plentiful, these 

 animals move in herds from ten to a hundred or more. When in good 

 condition the male caribou has a layer of fat on the back and rump 

 two or three inches in thickness. The flesh is an excellent article of 

 food, being tender and of good flavor. The skin when properly 



Pig. 2. The American Reindeek, or Caribou (Hanrjifer caribou). 



dressed forms one of the best articles for clothing to be worn in the 

 cold regions. A suit made of the dressed skins of the caribou is so 

 warm that it is said that the person wearing one of these suits and 

 also provided with a blanket of the same material, may bivouac on the 

 snow not only with safety but with comfort even in the intense cold 

 of an arctic winter's night. 



The common deer of Eastern North America, generally known as 

 the Virginia deer (Cervits Virginianus, Fig. 3), is one of the most 

 graceful and one of the most beautiful of all the deer family. It is 

 now so common in parks that almost every one is familiar with it as 

 it appears in this state of semi-domestication. But no one gets the 

 best idea of this splendid animal who does not see it as it appears in 

 the wild state, either in the forest or on the plains. Here when star- 

 tled it bounds away with the most incredible velocity, and he who 

 would bring it down must have a quick hand and steady nerve. This 

 her attains a weight of about two hundred pounds. The color is 

 light brown in summer and grayish in winter, the under part of the 

 throat and tail being always white. The food of this animal is exceed- 

 ingly various. The tender grasses constitute its principal food in 



