REINDEER AND MUSK-OX 



as follows 



I beg to quote a memorandum written by Dr. Grenfell, in [anuarv 1917 

 'lows: — -^ ' ' 



r n ^"^ n^\^ completely demonstrated here that the deer can be success- 

 tully mstalled and herded without undue cost; they can flourish and pro- 

 pagate on the natural food; needing none of the necessary provisions 

 made for elk on the Rockies. Our herd of 250 rose rapidly to 1 200 and 

 had we had any protection whatever from the Government against 

 poachmg, we should to-day have five thousand of the animals The 

 experiment is too large a one to be successfully initiated on any scale 

 by a private individual. I have been obliged to economize to such an 

 extent that we have been unable under the circumstances to protect 

 them, or to keep them on the only available headlands where poachers 

 could not get at them, or drive them. This, and the fact that we had 

 to make use of almost barren promontories, made the deer all the wilder 

 in trying to get them to better pastures, and large batches escaped to 

 the south. Two winters ago I drove right into such a company far to 

 the southof here, but was unable to drive them north again. This is a 

 comparatively closely populated piece of land. The herd has never yet 

 been tried in Labrador with its huge hinterland. There is no doubt in any 

 ot our minds but that they can flourish there " 



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