88 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
many—but long before Ceesar’s time—the reindeer had 
wandered northwards as far, indeed, as the province of 
Scania, which was at that time connected with 
Germany ; for not only in that province, but in Born- 
holm, Zealand, and in other places of Denmark, bones 
and horns have been discovered similar in all respects to 
those of the animal which is now to be found on the 
mountains of Norway. 
But it is tolerably clear that the fossil remains just 
alluded to did not proceed from the Norwegian family. 
Neither did the German stock extend further north 
than Scania; for no traces or fossil remains are found 
in all the intervening terrain between Scania and the 
province of Nordland, whilst they are numerous in 
those districts immediately south of Scania. 
The reindeer, then, must have first invaded Norway 
by a different route, and at a later period. Indeed, it 
was not till after the land between the Gulf of Bothnia 
and the White Sea had appeared above the surface of 
the water. 
In remote ages, when the Siberian plains which now 
border on the Arctic Ocean were still immersed, the 
reindeer’s original home was in the high alps of Central 
Asia. Simultaneously with the appearance of land 
above the surface, it is assumed that they began to 
migrate westwards, keepmg to the high lands of 
Finland, which traverse that country, and which are, 
