)00 I.M'.ltAhOU 



IK id -.Id by IIM l.o Mi M;.v on heeton of Grand Lake, find 



i' in. nix d \\ilh In niinn;il Iwo d;.y ; f.oining in and Out of 



hJHCOII.'ll \\llll l.li. hlle l.tiier <>[ hi;. L'Mne OflftH WaH- 



d< I'd "|| |.,i (hire week : wil.h t.heir wild e.ouxin;-: and th(;n 



i. I MI ii' d. .1 il |.i> l< i i in;'. (he le f renuous life. 



I n< "in dl we had heard, we ; et. to work, and col- 



lected M .inn r.r $10,000 hy puhlie uh M-ripl.ion, r:hi(;fly by 

 i lie lirlpdl I lie i'.u:i<>ti '/'m n. r, -, ///, ;md in ;nl(Jil.ion \\\(\ Cana- 



<llMI. l. ( |r.;il I)r|,;,|-!lll<-|.l of A /rjei 1 1 1 1 1 PC VOt ed $.")()()(). The 

 I. 'i K .-I pun-li'i in;' ;ind shipping the deer ;nid of .s(;r;uring 

 lli- n herders w:i inlnidcd lo Mr. I-'nuifis Woodof London, 

 Mii^l.-ind. \\!u vnliininrily proceeded to Norway and Lap- 

 l.-ind I'm- I he purpose. Three hundred deer were eventually 

 pun h.-ised of these, two hundred and fifty were does of 

 MII M:-,e !o beMr I'M\\II- in I he spring, and fifty were stags; 

 I hey \\eiv lo br delivered on the beach at Altenfjord on 

 the north coast of Lapland in lat. 71 north, at a cost of 

 ss -0 apiece. 1 A contract for thirty tons of the moss 

 kiu>\\ n MS reindeer moss, or Iceland moss (rangifereria) , was 

 MiTMnged. The moss was to be gathered and stored on 

 the highlands to await transport by the deer themselves, 

 on the pulkjvs, or native sledges. The contract with the 

 Laplander agent ran as follows: 



" Israel N. Mella acknowledges hereby having sold to Mr. 

 Francis 11. Wood, of London. 2.">0 female reindeer, three 

 years old, sound, fresh, prime deer, for a sum of 30 Kr. 

 each delivered on board the ship in Bugten, Altenfjord; 

 also 25 tame four-year-old drawing deer for the sum of 



1 On board tt steamer ready for sea, they cost $16.74 per head; 

 fended in Labrador, they cost $51.49 per head. 



