THE CARIBOO. 23 
I have seen a large herd, in my youth, of ‘the Lapland 
Reindeer, which, with their Esquimaux attendants, were 
exhibited many years ago in London; previous to a 
futile attempt at naturalizing them in the Highlands 
and Western Isles of Scotland; and have a fair general 
remembrance of the animal. I possess antlers of the 
Cariboo, which hang in my hall, and which are accu- 
rately portrayed in the wood-cut; I have handled 
twenty times the hides of this great deer; and I have 
daily opportunities—in the office of my friend, W. T. 
Porter, of the Spirit of the Times—to examine the pre- 
served heads and legs of even finer specimens than my 
own. I have also letters, private, and writings pub- 
lished, of a New Brunswicker,-who has killed the Cari- 
boo fifty times, and had opportunities of seeing the 
European Reindeer, at the Zoological Gardens in London, 
long since myself. I can, therefore, form avery fair con- 
jecture at the identity or non-identity of the species. At 
least, I can give some particulars of structure, stature, and 
pelage of the American Cariboo, which will enable oth- 
ers to judge, who are better posted.up than I, in the pecu- 
liarities of the Lapland Reindeer. And first—I will pre- 
mise that although I have never seen the Cariboo in 
life, or in his native woods—which I trust to do before 
the snows of the next March shall have melted—the 
wood-cut illustration of this number is so closely made 
up from measurements of the various parts, heads, ant- 
lers, legs and hides of the animal, that I believe it to be 
