DEER, 
{heep ; and is their only wealth; the milk of the 
Rein affords them cheefe *, the flefii, food; the 
(kin, cloathing ; the tendons, bowftrings ; and when 
fplit, thread ; the horns, glue ; the bones, fpoons* 
During the winter it fupplies the want of a horfe, 
and draws their fledges with amazing fwiftnefs over 
the frozen lakes and rivers; or over the fnow, which 
at that feafon covers the whole country. A rich 
Laplander is pofleffed of a herd of a thoufand 
Reins. In autumn they feek the highefl: hills to 
avoid the Lapland Gadfly *, which at that time de~ 
poflts its eggs in their Ikin ; it is the peft of thefe 
animals, and numbers die that are thus vifited. 
The moment a Angle fly appears, the whole herd 
inftantly perceives it, they fling up their heads,-tois 
about their horns, and at once attempt to fly for 
fhelter amidft the fnows on the lofitieil Alps, In 
fummer they feed on feverai plants; but during 
winter, on the reindiver wort **, which lies far be¬ 
neath the fnow *, which they remove with their feet 
and palmated brow antlers, in order to get at their 
beloved food. They live only fixteen years. 
Horns vary in fize, and a little in form : one at 
Mr. John Hunter’s, with two broad four-furcated 
branches over the brow antlers, bending a little in¬ 
wards : the whole was ftronger and broader, in pro¬ 
portion to the length, than common, and of a du]f 
deep yellow color. 
* CEftrus Tarandi Faun. Suec. No. 1731. Flor. tap . aCc, 
** Lichen rangiferinus fp. pl. II. 1620, FI. Lap. 331'. 
