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their very lives to help each other in distress. 

 Wild hogs live largely on roots, which they dig 

 with their short, powerful nose, or snout. 



The domesticated swine of China and the East 

 have probably been derived from the wild boar of 

 India, a different species from the European wild 

 boar. 



The ears of wild hogs stand up, like the ears of 

 all other wild animals, except the elephant. The 

 wilted ear is a product of domestication. 



10. The Reindeer. 



^ The word reindeer is not formed from the En- 

 lish words rein and deer, ''Eeindeer'' means 

 ** pasture deer.'' The word is derived from the 

 word deer and the word reiii, a Lapp word mean- 

 ing ^'pasturage.'' 



The reindeer inhabits all three of the continents 

 of the northern hemisphere. The American rein- 

 deer, which differs slightly from the reindeer of 

 the eastern hemisphere, is known as the caribou. 



The reindeer is domesticated by the Siberians 

 and Lapdlanders, to whom it gives milk, flesh, and 

 draft service. A prosperous herd of reindeer has 

 of late years been brought over by the United 

 States government and established in Alaska. The 

 reindeer can attain a speed of 10 miles an hour, 

 100 miles a day, hitched to a sledge. 



In summer the reindeer lives on the twigs of 

 trees, especially of the birch and willow. In win- 

 ter it feeds on the so-called *' reindeer moss,'' a 



