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further inland and along the shore of Okhotsk Sea, also pos- 

 sess considerable numbers of them, The Lamuts, along the 

 lower Kolyma, are also reindeer people. 



"The Lamut are the largest of all the domesticated deer 

 in Northeastern Siberia, and the Tungus are larger than 

 those of the Chukchees or the Koryaks. This difference in 

 size is probably accounted for by the fact that the Chukchees 

 and Koryaks inhabit a treeless country, while the Tunguses 

 and Lamuts live in the timbered section further inland. 

 I had the opportunity of observing but one large herd, which 

 was kept on the Taiganose Peninsula, and contained four or 

 five thousand. In the latter part of November I visited it 

 in order to obtain some for food and specimens. At that time 

 they were in full, unworn pelage. The older ones had shed 

 the velvet from their horns, but the young ones still retained 

 it. In color they ranged from pure white to dark seal brown, 

 although the general color of the adults is a brownish gray. 

 The younger ones are darker. The antlers are generally 

 smaller and more terete than those of the North American 

 Barren Ground Caribou, while the animal itself is larger. 

 During the latter part of January the oldest animals begin to 

 shed their antlers, but all do not complete the process before 

 the latter part of May. The young are dropped from the 

 middle of April to the first of June. In May they begin to 

 change pelage and complete it in August and the early part 

 of September. The antlers are full grown from August to 

 October. 



"This herd was owned by one Koryak, the head man 

 among the Koryaks in that region, who kept twelve men and 

 their families to look after the deer. The camp, consisting of 

 three very large deerskin tents, is moved quite often in order 

 to afford them good feed. One or two men are in constant 

 attendance day and night, summer and winter. Many of the 

 reindeer are broken to ride and drive ; and nearly two hundred 

 sledges are used in moving the camp. The animals are very 

 tame and are easily caught with the long sealskin lariats, 

 which the men handle very dexterously. 



"Reindeer in Siberia generally give birth to young when 



