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scent. The damage sustained, however, was trifling, 
“I! ,i.gala, » r*», » «» l..d .!.« !».. 
'’"•rhe.e .ketche. from Sir Arthur’, work rrlll .em 
to depict travelling in Lapland with rem-deer. i 
party arrive in safety at their destination, after many 
Llventures of a similar kind, which our limits will not 
permit us to insert. No other conveyance at niiany 
seasons could traverse that country, and no anima 
but the rein-deer could serve the same purposes , 
and though not affording the luxury and certainty of 
time of British travelling, there must be much spir. - 
ing incitement after the management of the pulk 
"““tin-d^r »«d for .ra.dli.g ™ .to k.^ 
by persons, and let out for that purpose, their owners 
gLerally accompanying any distant ““ 
Ling as guides. A Lapland family g-erally po 
sesses a herd of fifty to five hundred head . thos 
with less than a hundred, however, are only a 
enjoy a precarious living, and two 
geneLly join their wealth ; while with five hundre 
a man can support his family with curd, cheese, and 
milk during summer, and in winter can kill dee • 
To kill venison is looked upon as independence 
one possessing a herd of a thousand 
of as a rich man, and a few individuals are sau to 
possess the extravagant wealth of from teen 
dred to two thousand. . 
The food of the rein-deer in Europe during sum- 
