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CHAPTEE XII. 



The Tame Keindeer in Norway. Eeindeer Flax. A Lapp Lady. 

 Reindeer Harness. The Travelling Sledge. Viciousness of the 

 Keindeer. Food of the Tame Eeindeer. Eeindeer Cheese. Eein- 

 deer Dogs. Superstitious Feelings of the Lapps. Hospitality of 

 the Lapps. Eeindeer Venison. Mode of Slaughtering the Eeindeer 

 in Lapland. Eich Lapps. Food of the Lapps. 



IT will not be out of place in a work like this to give 

 some account of the tame reindeer. It is true, those 

 interesting animals are not exactly savage ; at the same 

 time, it must be confessed that they live almost en- 

 tirely in a wild state. They wander at large on the 

 mountains in the north of Norway, and are only kept 

 in a semi-state of subjection. 



The reindeer furnishes its master, the wandering 

 Lapp, or native of Norwegian Lapland, with food; 

 warm fur coats are made from its skin, as well as ex- 

 cellent leather ; spoons, forks, and other articles are 

 made from its horns ; while the only household gods 

 that the poor Lapp possesses are made from the bones, 

 sinews, or muscles of the same serviceable creature. 

 The reindeer also draws its master's sledge, and trans- 

 ports its master's worldly goods from one place to 



