REINDEER AND MUSK-OX 



times though white men did not understand it, and always laughed about it. 

 When we indicated a very large buck and inquired why they did not kill that 

 big one, and let the little ones grow, they replied that that big fellow was strong, 

 and knew how to pull a sled, and could run fast over the snow that would come 

 by-and-by, and they needed him too much to kill him. 



I have never before seen half so interesting a company of tame animals- 

 In some parts of Siberia reindeer herds numbering many thousands may be 

 seen together. In these frozen regions they supply every want of their owners 

 as no other animal could possibly do — food, warm clothing, coverings for their 

 tents, bedding, rapid transportation, and to some extent, fuel. They are not 

 nearly so numerous in the immediate vicinity of the bay as they once were, a 

 fact attributed to the sale of several live specimens to whalers. 



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