72 CARE OF ANIMALS. 



numerous sledges — and, to crown all, the new arrivals, 

 with their reindeer, filled up the picture which 

 needed nothing more to complete its picturesque and 

 peculiar beauty. These beautiful animals, attached 

 only by light traces to the sledges, and with long reins 

 of carefully dressed and rounded hide, fastened to their 

 horns, their long loose coats smooth and glossy — for 

 the Tuski pay great attention to their tame draught 

 animals — branching antlers, soft, lustrous eyes, pen- 

 dant dewlaps, and slender springing fetlocks, looked 

 models of docility, endurance, and speed. 



Mooldooyah, paterfamiHas and leader of the party, 

 was a man of enormous mould and striking appear- 

 ance. By far the largest of his tribe, he stood 

 considerably above six feet in height, with limbs 

 and figure of massive development, increased by 

 an inclination to obesity, which his mature years 

 had begun to display. His face, now large, round, 

 and heavy, had, I should imagine, once been hand- 

 some, being redeemed from the ordinary flat form 

 of his fellows by a straight strong nose and well- 

 marked brows ; his forehead was broad and low ; 

 mouth and chin heavy and sensual. Like the majority 

 of gigantic men, Mooldooyah's temperament was of a 

 |)hlegmatic turn, and this was a fortunate condition 

 of his existence ; for, when roused, which rarely 



