jj4 THE ELK AND 



not only refufe to obey their matter, but turn 

 again!! him, and itrike him fo furioufly with 

 their feet, that his o ilv ^eiource is to cover him- 

 felf with his Ik ge riil ,he rage of the animal 

 abates. This carriage is fo li;ht, that a Lap- 

 lander can turn it with eafe above himfelf. The 

 bottom of it is covered with the (kins of young 

 rain-deer, the hair of which is turned backward, 

 to make the fledge advance eafily up the moun- 

 tains, and prevent its recoiling. The rain-deer 

 is yoked by means of a collar, made of a piece 

 of fkin with the hair on it, from which a trace 

 is brought under the belly between the legs, and 

 fixed to the fore part of the fledge. The only 

 rein ufed by the Laplander is a cord tied to the 

 root of the animal's horn, which he fometime? 

 lays upon the one fide of its back, and fometimes 

 on the other, according as he wants it to turn to 

 the right or the left. The rain-deer can travel, 

 in this manner, at the rate of four or five leagues 

 in an hour. But the quicker he goes, the mo- 

 tion becomes the more incommodious ; and it 

 requires much practice to be able to fit in the 

 fledge, and to prevent it from over- turning. 



Externally, the rain-deer have many things 

 in common with the flag ; and the itructure of 

 their internal parts is nearly the fame *. From 

 this natural conformity, many analogous habits 

 and fimilar effects remit. Like the flag, the 

 rain-deer annually cafls his horns, and is loaded 



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* Vide Ranglfer. anatom. Bariliu A& 1671. No. i] 



