CHAPTER IV 



OF THE FUR-BEARING ANIMALS 



FOR food purposes, 

 among land 

 animals the caribou, 

 which closely re- 

 sembles the reindeer, 

 ranks first. These 

 roam over the in- 

 terior in great quan- 

 tities, feeding on the 

 very plentiful Iceland 

 moss. In winter they 

 scrape away the snow 

 with their large cow- 

 like hoofs to get at 

 it. In Newfoundland 

 they are very plenti- 

 ful in the interior, 

 and Mr. W. Tyrrell 

 of Winnipeg told me, that on the west side of Hud- 

 son Bay he found thousands, so tame they would eat 

 out of his hands. They migrate north in summer, 



and south in winter, due, says Rae, to their " sense 



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Eskimo Boys. 



