. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ibed to their bestpossession—the rein-deer. It is not, therefore, incompatible withthe great arrangements by which the universe has been created,and is supported, to believe that the rein-deer has been speciallybestowed upon the inhabitant) of the polar regions, as an improve-ment of their necessary lot, in the same way that the locality ofthe camel has been fixed in the sandy and stony deserts of Asiaand Africa. The poor Laplander knows the value of the faithfu*creature which aflfbrds him food, clothing, and the means of tranaport; and he offers his homage
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ibed to their bestpossession—the rein-deer. It is not, therefore, incompatible withthe great arrangements by which the universe has been created,and is supported, to believe that the rein-deer has been speciallybestowed upon the inhabitant) of the polar regions, as an improve-ment of their necessary lot, in the same way that the locality ofthe camel has been fixed in the sandy and stony deserts of Asiaand Africa. The poor Laplander knows the value of the faithfu*creature which aflfbrds him food, clothing, and the means of tranaport; and he offers his homage of thanksgiving to the Great Authorof nature, who has given him this companion of his the native of the polar regions hunt the wild deer amidsi the icy mountains, be hurried by his aid across the frozen wastes,— or wander with his family and his herds, till the long winter begins,almost without any gradation, to succeed the short summer,—the livea^f the Laplarder ard of ihf -ein-deer are inseparably ME. OEOROB CiTLUr A BISON HUNT.
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