CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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In winter the Laplander is able to hunt the rein-deer by track¬ 
ing them in the fnow. When he is come in fight of his game, 
he quits his fledge, and tying his draught rein-deer to a tree, he 
purfues the wild deer on foot. In many parts of Lapland the 
wild rein-deer is taken by the following devices. When the 
fnow has fallen in large quantities, fo as to be paffable only for 
the natives in their fnow fhoes, they go in chafe after the wild 
rein-deer, which are unable to run faft, being impeded by the deep 
fnow; and coming up with them they knock them on the head. 
Another method is, by fufpending ropes with a running noofe in a 
narrow pafs, near the places where the wild rein-deer ufually har¬ 
bour, through which the deer being driven, it is hampered by the 
horns and taken. In fome diftridls of Lapland the wild rein-deer 
has been caught by the following device. A fpace is fenced off in 
thofe parts which the deer chiefly frequent, and on a fpot proper 
for the purpofe: this fpace has a wide entrance, and encreafes in 
width in a circular form, ending with a narrow door or paffage. 
The deer driven within this inclofure, in order to avoid his pur- 
fuers, betakes himfelf to this narrow pafs, which leads him to 
a declivity; this is clofed upon him at the bottom, and he yields 
himfelf a prey, being unable to return, and having his purfuers at 
his heels. This method was oftener put in practice formerly than 
of late years, as was that of forcing the deer to take to a lake or 
Handing water, when they were knocked on the head, or fhot on 
landing. It has been faid that the Lapland women hunt with 
their hufbands; but the miffionary affirms that this affertion is 
groundlefs. 
