and the u-nwarmed, unflowered coun- 

 try was desolate no longer. I had 

 seen the life it cherishes and as the 

 spirit of an owner pervades his room 

 though absent, this vast attic of the 

 world seemed a proper setting for 

 those mild-eyed silver-coated crea- 

 tures, descended from the North 

 Wind. 



Carefully we carried our hunting 

 trophies back to Nystuen, an easy 

 matter, several hundred reindeer 

 had but the weight of a sheet of 

 paper; and although antiquities are 

 honourable, one time-worn adage 

 must be cast off, as a rensdyr casts 

 his winter coat, for we had managed 

 to " eat the cake and have it too." 



