IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



fell has introduced in northern Newfoundland 

 and which have proved so useful in Alaska, 

 will take the place of the dogs in Labrador. 

 The original herd of three hundred reindeer 

 brought to Newfoundland from Lapland in 

 1908 has now increased to one of twelve hun- 

 dred. There is an abundance of food for the 

 animals in Labrador, and it is a food they can 

 procure for themselves, for the reindeer, like 

 his near relative the caribou, thrives on lichens 

 and mosses. The reindeer will do the work of 

 dogs, and much more. As Dr. Grenfell has 

 expressed it, the reindeer will bring "milk for 

 babies, meat for men, transport for mails, free- 

 dom from dogs, possibilities of gardens and 

 domestic feasts, warm clothes for winter, and 

 many other blessings to the people of our 

 coast." The Eskimo dog is the chief obstacle 

 in the way of the introduction of the rein- 

 deer, and may prove a fatal one. 



From the top of the hill we had an extensive 

 view on all sides. Below to the south and 

 fringing the harbor lay the little fishing-vil- 

 lage, and beyond the islands the sea spotted 

 with foaming reefs. To the east across a 

 stretch of water loomed the high and rugged 



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