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ing its way through deep snows, bushes, over brush- 

 heaps, fallen trees, fences, and whatever obstructions lie 

 in its path. It is quite common in some parts of Maine, 

 Northern New York, and Canada. Color grayish brown. 

 The Reindeer is a much smaller animal than the 

 Moose, being about five feet long and three feet high. 

 It has become celebrated for the services it renders the 

 Laplanders, who keep large herds of Reindeer, using 

 them for beasts of burden and for drawing their sledges, 

 a sort of sled, their milk and flesh for food, and 

 their skins for clothing. They are very hardy animals, 



Fig. 58. American Reindeer, or Caribou. 



and stibsist on the coarsest fare, eating the tender por- 

 tions of shrubs in summer, and in winter scraping the 

 snow from the ground and feeding upon the "Reindeer- 

 moss." The American Reindeer, or Caribou, of Maine 

 and Canada, and other northern parts of North Amer- 



