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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 thesteamer from her anchors and onthe 
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 
