I860.] Note on the Races of Rein Beer. 377 



It would appear that the wild Rein Deer of arctic and sub-arctic 

 Scandinavia still exists in very considerable numbers. Thus Lloyd, 

 quoting Prof. Nilsson, states that — " On the high fj tills in the vicinity 

 of Roldahl and Woxlie, the Rein Deer collect at times in astonishing 

 numbers. One day in the beginning of June, 1826 (a couple of 

 months before my visit to this district), the fjall, for the breadth of 

 a Norwegian mile — which is a trifle more than seven English miles 

 — was as thickly covered with Rein Deer as the ground is where 

 Sheep feed in a flock. * * * The herd extended such a distance, 

 that the eye could not embrace the whole at once. Subsequently 

 the Deer separated into three divisions. * * * This reminds 

 one as well of the interminable herds of Antelopes in the deserts of 

 Africa, as of the equally large herds of Bisons in the prairies of 

 America. * * * That this account is literally true, the Professor 

 adds, is the more certain, because it was given him at different places 

 and by different persons, who all agreed in their relations. The 

 phenomenon excited a great deal of interest— no person having pre- 

 viously seen so large a number of Rein Deer collected in one and 

 the same place. On the Jemtland and Herjeadalen mountains in 

 Sweden, as well as in the north-eastern portion of Lapland up to the 

 North Cape, [the wild] Rein Deer are also pretty abundant. But 

 in the intermediate country, which with some propriety may be called 

 "Western Lapland, though formerly numerous, very few, according to 

 Lsestadius, are now to be found. 



" The number of wild Rein Deer killed annually in Scandinavia, 

 by one means or another, is considerable. Yery many, to my know- 

 ledge, are shot on the Norwegian mountains by peasants and others ; 

 as also in the more northern part of the peninsula. One of my 

 guides in Russian Lapland, who was much celebrated as a chasseur, 

 assured me, indeed, that in his time he had destroyed hundreds of 

 those animals — in one instance as many as nine in a single day. For 

 the most part he had shot them during the autumn, when they were 

 in the best condition : but many he had also run dovvn on Skidor." 

 There ought, therefore, to be no great difficulty in procuring fine 

 horns of the wild European animal for museums. 



" Of the tame Rein Deer of Lapland," continues Mr. Lloyd, 

 " there are, so to speak, two kinds : the so-called Fjall Ren, or moun- 



