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The Rein-deer of Lapland are of two kinds, — the wild 

 and the tame : The former are larger, ftronger, and more 

 hardy than the latter; for which reafon, the tame fe* 

 males, in the proper feafon, are often fent out into the 

 woods, where they meet with wild males, and return 

 home impregnated by them. The breed from this mix- 

 ture is ftronger, and better adapted for drawing the 

 fledge, to which the Laplanders accuftom them at an 



The SLEDGE. 



early age. They are yoked to it by a collar ; from which 

 a trace is brought under the belly between the legs, and 

 faftened to the fore part of the fledge. Thefe carriages 

 are extremely light, and covered at the bottom with the 

 fkin of the Rein-deer. The perfon who fits in it guides 

 the animal with a cord faftened to its horns ; he drives it 

 with a goad, and encourages it with his voice. Thofe of 

 the wild breed, though by far the ftrongeft, often prove 

 refractory ; and not only refufe to obey their mafter, but 

 turn againft him, and ftrike fo furioufly with their feet, 

 that his only refource is to cover himfelf with his Hedge, 

 upon which the enraged creature vents its fury : The 



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