THE MCEi;. 



Milking the Rein-Deer. 



It is. a most pleasing spectacle to see a herd of Rein-Deer in the evening assemble to be milked 

 On all the hills around^very thing \ s [ n an instant full of life and motion. The busy dogs are every 

 where barking, and bringing the mass nearer and nearer to the encampment, and the Rein-Deer bound and run, 



stand still, and bound again, in an indescribable 

 variety of movements. When all the herd, 

 consisting of three or four hundred, at last 

 reach the encampment, the}' stand still, or 

 repose themselves, or frisk about in confidence, 

 play with their antlers against each other, 01 

 browsing in groups surround a patch of moss. 

 When the maidens run about with their milk 

 vessels from Deer to Deer, the brother or ser- 

 vant throws a bark halter round the antlers of 

 the animal which they point out to him, and 

 draws it towards them ; the animal generally 

 struggles, and is unwilling to follow the halter 

 - and the maiden laughs at and enjoys the labrfr 

 it occasions, and sometimes wantonly allows it 

 to get loose that it may again be caught for 

 her; while the father and mother are heard 

 scolding them for their frolicsome behavior, 

 which often has the eilect of scaring the whole 

 A Musk Deer. flock. 



