CARIBOU.—Tarandus Rangifer. 
are young, soft, and in the velvet. The skin is very valuable, especially when taken from 
the young animal; and when properly dressed is an admirable defence against cold and 
moisture. With the addition of a blanket, a mantle of Caribou skins is an ample 
protection for any one who is forced to bivouac in the snow. 
The Caribou lives in herds, which vary from ten to three hundred in number. As it 
is so valuable an animal, it is subject to great persecution at the hands of white and red 
hunters, who have very ingenious modes of trapping or stalking this wary and swift Deer. 
The most ingenious plan is that which is employed by the Esquimaux, who dig a large 
hole in the ground, about five feet in depth, and capable of holding several Deer. They 
