44 THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



The liver of the reindeer, which is of a 

 considerable bulk, is boiled and eaten fresh. 

 The lungs, being salted and moderately 

 dried, are eaten occasionally, or else given 

 to the dogs. The intestines, which abound 

 with fat, are cut open, Mashed, and boiled 

 fresh ; nor are they unpalatable. The brain 

 and testicles are never eaten. The foot is 

 flayed down to the fetlock joint, beyond 

 which the hair cannot, by scalding or any 

 other contrivance, be separated, without 

 the cuticle and skin coming along with it. 

 Even when the feet are boiled, the hair ner» 

 ver comes off without the skin. Thus the 

 animal when living is the more firmly pro- 

 tected against the snow. The hoofs are 

 thrown away as useless. 



The dung; of the reindeer in summer is 

 almost as large as cow-dung, but in winter 

 it more resembles that of the goat. 



Each individual reindeer does not bear 

 horns of precisely the same shape every 

 year. The points are very liable to be de- 

 formed, in consequence of the animal's 



