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surers $38.88 per cent less rebate of $13.50 per cent if no 

 claim was made. ; No claim did arise. 



The herd set sail on December 30, and, after a very rough 

 voyage of twenty-one days, sighted ice off the Labrador 

 coast. She eventually anchored in a bay on the North 

 Newfoundland coast, about eight miles from the harbour 

 that we had chosen as a wintering place for the deer. 

 During the night a heavy onshore wind drove the ice into 

 this bay, and pushed the steamer from her anchors and on the 

 rocks, a position from which she was only subsequently 

 rescued after considerable damage. The deer were mean- 

 while landed on the broken slob-ice with the result that they 

 scattered in every direction, some even disappearing over 

 the horizon seaward and many falling into the water 

 between the large pans of ice. The Lapp herders at once led 

 ashore some of the more sedate beasts with bells around 

 their necks, and tethered them at varying distances along 

 the coast, as lures to the others. This ruse proved most 

 successful, and by an accurate count made at a round-up 

 three weeks later, every one of the three hundred was found 

 in the herd. Lieutenant W. G. Lindsay of Cork, Ireland, 

 who had had some experience in Mexico ranching, has been 

 in charge of this experiment from that time. 



The deer at once took kindly to their new environment, 

 being allowed to run wild all day, though brought in near 

 camp every night. Each day two herders, with dogs, fol- 

 lowed the wandering herd and brought them nearly to the 

 same place in the evening. The deer never wandered far; 

 on two or three occasions a single individual was missing 

 and got perhaps as far as twenty miles away, but straying 

 never presented any serious trouble. More serious at first 



