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scent. The damage sustained, however, was trifling, 

 and, singular to relate, no one had suffered the least 

 hurt." 



These sketches from Sir Arthur's work will serve 

 to depict travelling in Lapland with rein- deer. The 

 party arrive in safety at their destination, after many 

 adventures of a similar kind, which our limits will not 

 permit us to insert. No other conveyance at many 

 seasons could traverse that country, and no animal 

 but the rein-deer could serve the same purposes ; 

 and though not affording the luxury and certainty of 

 time of British travelling, there must be much spirit- 

 ing incitement after the management of the pulk is 

 obtained. 



The rein-deer used for travelling are often kept 

 by persons, and let out for that purpose, their owners 

 generally accompanying any distant expedition, and 

 acting as guides. A Lapland family generally pos- 

 sesses a herd of fifty to five hundred head ; those 

 with less than a hundred, however, are only able to 

 enjoy a precarious living, and two or more families 

 generally join their wealth ; while with five hundred 

 a man can support his family with curd, cheese, and 

 milk during summer, and in winter can kill deer. 

 To kill venison is looked upon as independence ; 

 one possessing a herd of a thousand deer, is talked 

 of as a rich man, and a few individuals are said to 

 possess the extravagant wealth of from fifteen hun- 

 dred to two thousand. 



The food of the rein-deer in Europe during sum- 



