THE CARIBOO. 21 
annually destroy great numbers for their flesh and hides. 
There appear to be several varieties of this useful quad- 
ruped peculiar to the high northern regions of the Amer- 
ican Continent, which are ably described by Dr. Richard- 
son, one of the companions of Captain Franklin, in his 
arduous attempt to reach the North Pole by land. The 
closeness of the hair of the Cariboo, and the lightness of 
its skin, when dressed, render it the most appropriate 
article for winter clothing in the-high latitudes. The 
hoofs of the Reindeer are very large, and spread greatly, 
and thus enable it to cross the yielding snows without 
sinking.” 
And this—without one word of its height, weight, 
color, or habitat—is the only information which the 
Editor of the American Encyclopedia thinks proper to 
give his readers—except a brief description of Dr. Rich- 
ardson, about whom he seems to know a little, if he 
knew nothing about Cariboo—concerning an animal, 
which is killed almost annually within ‘fifty miles of 
Albany, sold annually in Montreal, and in New Bruns- 
wick and Nova Scotia almost as common an article as 
venison, or Moose-meat during winter in the markets. 
Would not any one suppose, on reading the above, 
that he was dealing with the description of an animal, 
which roamed only wastes untrodden by the foot of the 
white man, save the adventurous explorers of the Arctic 
Circles, and concerning which no information can be 
gained by the ordinary naturalists of this country? 
