134 THE REIN-DEER. 



extending north farther than any other deer. Two 

 varieties at least exist, named by Dr Richardson, 

 the Barren-ground Caribou, and the Woodland Ca- 

 ribou. The latter is the smallest in size, is less es- 

 teemed, and in every way veckai&d inferior to the 

 other. It inhabits a limited track of country, a stripe 

 of low primitive rocks, well clothed with woods, 

 about one hundred miles wide, and extending, at the 

 distance of eighty or a hundred miles from the shores 

 of Hudson's Bay, from Atlmpascow Lake to Lake 

 Superior ; and it is curious, that the woodland cari- 

 bon migrates or travels to the southward in the 

 spring a direction opposite to that of those inha- 

 biting the barren grounds. This animal requires in- 

 vestigation. A naturalist has yet not had an oppor- 

 tunity ; and it is much more than probable that it 

 may turn out to be dittinct from either the other in- 

 habitants of America or those of Europe. Horns 

 of another allied deer are described by Major Smith, 

 under the title of C. coronatus. The horns of this 

 variety are known to differ from the others. * 



The barren-ground caribou of Dr Richardson is 

 distributed over the fur countries, and passes the 

 summer on the shores of the Arctic Sea. This is 

 an animal of a small size, weighing, when in good 

 condition, and without the offal, from 90 to 130 Ib. 

 During summer they migrate to the coast, and feed 

 Sn the young shoots of the grasses which commence 

 o spring up in the sheltered arctic valleys. They 

 Rich. Faun. Americ. i. 250. 



