the rein-deer. 
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tl.e greatest and most valuable portion of tbeir tune 
The movements of the Laplander, and Ins habits of 
life, may indeed in reality be said to be under t 
control of his deer. He must follow them during 
summer in search of adequate pastures and a tend 
to their migrations to the coast; while rnumte , 
many a dreary hour is spent in the snowdrift in look- 
ing after the safety of his -herd. , f 
Independent of the indispensable utility for food 
and clothing, the rein-deer is also used to transport 
merchandise, as a courier, where dispatch is needed 
and for general travelling. Sometimes they are even 
Led to Lough and harrow, and in winter are em. 
f„a*r ''X* 
assistance, in a sledge, oi, as 
but before adverting to this conveyance, novel 
European visitor, we shall notice the speed with which 
the animal can travel. i i on.1 
According to the best authorities, one hundred and 
fifty miles was performed with one deer in twenty- 
four hours, and once by two merchants across the 
mountains in nineteen hours, while the same distance 
has been performed with three deer in thirtee 
hours. But the greatest recorded instance of the 
speed of this animal, is that of the deer, o " 
portrait, together with that of its driver, is preserved 
L the LlaL of Drottingholm. In consequence of 
• Capel Brooke, p. 
83 . 
