REINDEER FOR LABRADOR 261 



Kr. 40 each; also 25 three-year-old buck deer (oxen), 

 price 35 Kr. each, all the deer prime, all the deer delivered 

 on the ship at Bugten between November 25th and 30th, 

 1907. Also 500 loads of reindeer moss, at 150 kilograms 

 per load, at the sum of 12 Kr. per load, delivered on board 

 the ship at Bugten between November 25th and 30th, 1907. 

 Also eight good trained reindeer dogs, 25 Kr. each. I 

 undertake to procure four Lapp families for the expedition 

 on the lowest terms possible; for the work of yarding, 

 taking care of the deer ; also food for the deer until the ship 

 comes, between November 25th and 30th, there shall be 

 paid me (Mr. Mella) Kr. 500. In the Kr. 500 is included the 

 engaging of the families. I acknowledge by this having 

 received for 500 loads of reindeer moss, Kr. 6,000 ; also half 

 the purchase price of the reindeer, Kr. 4,688; also there 

 shall be paid to me (Mr. Mella) the advances made to the 

 families, and the remaining half-price of the purchase money 

 of the reindeer in Bugten on the delivery of the reindeer 

 and the moss on the ship. 



" (Signed) ISRAEL N. MELLA. 

 " Witness: DINA AUNE. July 2Qih, 1907." 



Unfortunately the winter was very late, and it was im- 

 possible to haul until after Christmas, a fact which made 

 tonnage for sea transport much harder to secure and much 

 more expensive. Indeed, it was only with extreme diffi- 

 culty a steamer was secured at all to carry the deer so late 

 in the year. She had to be fitted with stalls to prevent the 

 deer being thrown about and damaged in rough weather. 

 A contract was entered upon to carry the herd of three 

 hundred animals from Lapland to Labrador for $8262. 

 A bonus of fifty cents per head was to be paid the captain 

 for every animal that was landed in good condition. 



