A TRIP FOR REINDEER 



XI 1 



THE MAIN HERD OF REINDEER. 



THESE BELONG TO THE GRENFEL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ARE HERDED ON THE PENINSULA BETWEEN HA HA 

 AND PISTOLET BAYS ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 



calm which was on her way to Labrador 

 and would touch at Ha Ha Bay and I 

 accordingly transferred to her, and 

 about ten days later dropped anchor 

 at Ha Ha. 



We expected to find the deer in a 

 corral all ready for us but found instead 

 that they were somewheres in the 

 mountains and that the herders had 

 gone to St. Anthony, leaving no orders 

 about our consignment. There was 

 only one man left and as we wanted the 

 animals at once he said he would drive 

 them in without delay and declined 

 the help of the fifteen sailors kindly 

 offered by the Captain. 



We waited, expecting soon to see a 

 stately procession of reindeer marching 

 dignified into the inclosure: we waited 

 one hour, we waited two hours and then 

 it commenced to rain. After four 

 hours, when the men had all gone back 

 to the ship, except the purser and 

 myself, the man returned saying that 



the animals were quite content where 

 they were and refused to be driven in. 



We thought that as we should have 

 to wait for the herders to come back, 

 we might as well see something of the 

 country and perhaps get some pictures 

 of the deer in the open. So we started 

 across the peninsula and then followed 

 up the other shore and after a short 

 time sighted three deer, their silhouettes 

 easy to distinguish against the dull 

 sky. As soon as they noticed us and 

 had a good look, they seemed to think 

 that we were worse than we appeared 

 and cantered over the ridge more like 

 wild caribou than domesticated rein- 

 deer. This first sight made us eager 

 for another, so we followed them 

 through a patch of dripping spruce 

 which wet us to the skin, to the barren 

 rocks where th'e going was easy. 



For half an hour we saw no more, 

 then suddenly came across three lying 

 down in a small bog. When they 



