THE DEER 



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English parks is found the fallow deer (Fig. 1 14), a tawny 

 brown, domesticated animal that lends beauty to these 

 ancient holdings. 



The reindeer of the Arctic regions (Fig. 115) is one of 

 the most valuable forms, especially in Lapland, where it 



Fig. 114. — The Roebuck 

 takes the place of the horse. If it were not for these 

 animals, the life of man in the far North doubtless would 

 be still more precarious. The United States government 

 some years ago purchased a large number of reindeer and 

 carried them to Alaska for the natives. They require but 

 little care, living almost entirely on moss, to obtain which 

 in winter they dig into the deep snow, using their singular 



