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FOUR-FOOTED AMERICANS 



out of this land. Think you Saint Nichohas will bring 

 his magic Deer here for men to shoot with their long- 

 reaching guns ? He knows their cruel hearts too well, 

 and keej^s away so that no man, pointing to a row of 

 antlers over his chimney-piece, may say, ' Those are 



Woodland Caribou. 



the horns of Santa Claus' Reindeer ; I myself shot 

 them all Avith a single bullet ! ' 



'' Come then, whistle to our Woodland Caribou to 

 take us to tliis Fur Land, but do not be impatient ; he 

 has far to journey to us. 



" He has his home in the woods, upon our northern 

 borders and on into the British Kingdom, as far as trees 



