

Blackboard drawing- of a Reindeer (length 7 feet), and Sledge 

 of a Laplander. 



86. Like the buffaloes, they are hunted for their flesh, 

 skins, and horns, but often only for sport. 



87. The most useful of these animals is the 

 REINDEER, which is a domestic animal in parts 

 of the Arctic regions, and constitutes the chief 

 wealth of the Laplander of Northern Europe. 

 His herds supply him with milk, flesh and 

 materials for clothing, and some of these ani- 

 mals are trained to drag his sledge swiftly and 

 for long distances over the frozen snow. 



88. In summer the reindeer lives on the scanty herbage 

 and shrubs of those regions, and in winter, on the mosses 

 which lie under the deep snow. These mosses are dis- 

 covered by his sharp scent, and he is able to dig down to 

 them through the snow, by means of his great branching 

 horns. Some reindeer are wild and live in large herds. 



89. Herd is a number of animals assembled together, 

 as a herd of cattle, oxen, horses, camels, deer, elephants, 

 or swine ; flock refers chiefly to smaller animals and birds, 



