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mangy, worn-out old brutes, who find it much 

 easier to kill a human being than to catch a deer 

 or stag. 



Austen's success in breeding the eagle owl 

 Mr. Bartlett thinks highly commendable. 



Mr. Bartlett has been lately travelling in Norway ; 

 he never saw anything more than the foot-tracks of 

 the reindeer in the snow regions. He was never as 

 fortunate as Austen to see the living animal on its 

 native mountains. 



Mr. Bartlett found the same moss as eaten by 

 the wild Norwegian reindeer growing abundantly 

 in the deer forests of His Grace the Duke of 

 Sutherland ; he therefore considers there would be 

 no difficulty in acclimatizing reindeer in Suther- 

 landshire, should his Grace wish to introduce a new 

 game animal into these northern highlands. Mr. 

 Bartlett has now in his possession a foot of one of 

 the reindeer killed by Mr. Austen. It is hand- 

 somely mounted as a pincushion. He considers 

 that Austen's chapter on the reindeer of Norway, 

 p. 12, contains probably the best observations 

 ever published on this interesting animal, as in 

 his remarks he has combined the courage of 

 the sportsman with the science of the naturalist. 

 The sketch of the reindeer facing page 31 is highly 

 characteristic of the living aniinal. He has several 

 sketches of animals done by Austen. He was often 



