THE RAIN-DEER. 343 



years *. But it is probable, that, in a wild irate* 

 he lives much longer ; for, as he is four years 

 in acquiring his full growth, he ought, when in 

 his natural ftate, to live twenty eight or thirty 

 years. The Laplanders employ different me- 

 thods cf hunting the wild rain-deer, correfpond- 

 ing to the difference of; In the rut: 



time, they ufe domeftic females to attract wild 

 males 4 '. They (hoot thefe animals with mnf- 

 kets or with bows, and they let fly their arr 

 with fuch violence, that, notwith (landing the 

 great thicknefs and ftrength of their fkin, c 

 is generally fatal. 



We have collected the fadls relating to f 

 hiftory of the rain -deer the more care 



circumfpt t 



* /Etas ad tredecira vel ultra c s non i 

 in domeflicis ; H Etas fexdecim a: 



■•■.'. p. 67. Thofe rain-deer v. e all misfor* 



tunes and - (rears; 

 >. 209. 



f The Laplanders b leer th nets, halberd, 

 arrows, and mufkets. Th« 



and fpring. In autumn, when rhe r - in i \{ou, 



the Laplai _ -■ to to . (Is which 



know leftic females 



to the trees. Thefe . its the :n he is at 



the point of co\ n with a bullet 



or an arrow. ,- begins to melt, a] 



thefe animals are en Laplaj 



lhod with his rack .d overtakes them. A 



ther times, they are In fine, a 

 kind of nets are employed, which . wat- 

 tled together in the iorm c: two . ■ be- 

 tween them of perhaps two leagues i:; - .... 



I into t illey, they i 



into a large ditch] . •- w th :ha: ?iew tthe . . 



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