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THE REINDEER. 
lander. “ The number of deer belonging to 
herd is from three to five hundred. 
these a Laplander can do well and live i” 
tolerable comfort : he can make in summer ^ 
sufficient quantity of cheese for the year’s cOi>' 
sumption, and in winter can afford to kill de^’’ 
enough to supply himself and his family prett/ 
constantly with venison. With two hundro*^ 
deer a man may manage to get on, if his 
be but small. If he has but a hundred, 
subsistence is very precarious, and he cann^*' 
rely upon them for support. Should he ha''^ 
but fifty, he is no longer independent, or ah^^ 
to keep a separate establishment, but general^ 
joins his small herd with that of some ricb^'' 
Laplander, being then considered more in th^ 
light of a menial, undertaking the laborio>J® 
office of attending upon and watching tb^ 
herd, bringing them home to be milked, ao*^ 
other similar offices, in return for the subsis*'' 
ence afforded him.” 
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