246 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
antlers, as may be seen by the illustration, differ materially from those of the red deer, el. 
and other species; the brow-tines, especially, are often much palmated. These animals are 
heavily built, short-legged, and, as beseems dwellers in a snowy habitat, provided with round, 
short, and spreading hoofs. For ages reindeer have been domesticated by the Lapps of 
Scandinavia, the Samoyeds, and other primitive races of Northern Europe and Asia. Trained 
to harness, and drawing a sledge, they traverse long distances, while their milk, flesh, and 
hides are of great 
] importance to the 
people who keep 
them. The ComMMoNn 
or SCANDINAVIAN 
REINDEER ranges 
from Norway through 
Northern Europe 
into Asia, though 
how far eastward is 
not yet accurately 
determined. It is 
interesting to note 
that these animals 
were once denizens 
of Britain, and so 
lately as the twelfth 
century the Jarls of 
Orkney are believed 
to have been in the 
habit of crossing to 
the mainland for the 
purpose of hunting 
them in the wilds of 
Caithness. Wild 
reindeer are still to 
in the 
remoter parts of 
Norway, though, 
from much persecution, they are becoming comparatively scarce in most parts of the country. 
Mr. Abel Chapman, in his ‘‘ Wild Norway,” gives some excellent accounts of sport with 
these fine deer. Speaking of a good herd of twenty-one, discovered in Ryfylke, he says: 
“Most of the deer were lying down, but both the big stags stood upright in dreamy, inert 
postures. . .. I now fully realised what a truly magnificent animal I had before me. Both in 
body and horn he was a giant, and his coat was no less remarkable; the neck was pure white, 
and beneath it a shaggy mane hung down a foot in length. This white neck was set off by 
the dark head in front and the rich glossy brown of his robe behind. Besides this the 
contrasting black and white bars on flanks and stern were conspicuously clean-cut and defined, 
and the Jong and massive antlers showed a splendid recurved sweep, surmounted by branch-like 
tines, all clean.” For three long, agonising hours the stalker watched this noble prize, and then 
one of those lucky chances which occasionally gladden the hunter’s heart occurred, and the 
reindeer approached within a hundred yards. ‘ Half-a-dozen forward steps, and his white neck 
and dark shoulder were beautifully exposed. Already, ere his head had appeared, the rifle had 
been shifted over, and now the foresight dwelt lovingly on a thrice-refined aim. The 450 bullet 
struck to an inch, just where the shaggy mane joined the brown shoulder. 
Photo by C. Reid} (Wishaw, N.B 
PARK RED DEER ie foaiardl 
The typical representative of the entire Deer Tribe 
