Animal products; . e are more than 300,000. The Koraks of Eastern Siberiawho are nomads, and live in skin tents like the Tongouses, haveimmense herds of reindeer, some tribes own not less than 15, supply their food, clothing, and means of transport. Theirgut forms an excellent a twine, and their bones serve to makevarious tools and arms, and enter into the formation of theirsledges and vehicles which are often of elegant pride of the Laplanders is also to have large herds of rein-deer for their sledges. They drink their milk and make cheeseof it; they clothe themselve
Animal products; . e are more than 300,000. The Koraks of Eastern Siberiawho are nomads, and live in skin tents like the Tongouses, haveimmense herds of reindeer, some tribes own not less than 15, supply their food, clothing, and means of transport. Theirgut forms an excellent a twine, and their bones serve to makevarious tools and arms, and enter into the formation of theirsledges and vehicles which are often of elegant pride of the Laplanders is also to have large herds of rein-deer for their sledges. They drink their milk and make cheeseof it; they clothe themselves with the skins, and eat their flesh,which is good. 192 STATISTICS 01 REINDEER. In Norway, in 1865, there were stated to be 102,000 reindeer,—of which about 60,000 were in Finmark. The possession of 300reindeer constitutes the independence of a family; 500 possess as many as 1,000. In October a fifth or a sixth arekilled for food. A fine reindeer will sometimes yield 120 lbs. ofmeat and 40 of ESQUIMAUX DOGS KILLING A REINDEER. In America the reindeer is confined almost entirely to theBarren-grounds (whence it takes its common name), the north-eastern corner of North America, along the Polar Sea, bounded tothe west by Great Slave, Athabasca, Wollaston, and Deer lakes,and the Copper Mine River, and to the south by Churchill the Barren-ground reindeer graze by thousands, accompaniedby the musk ox, another characteristic inhabitant. Being so THE BARREN-GROUND REINDEER. 193 plentiful it is termed the common deer by the hunters, just as theCervus Virginianus bears this name in the United States. Therewould seem to be two varieties, if not distinct species, of thisanimal met with; one termed the Strong-wood reindeer, whichinhabits the thickly-wooded parts of the district, particularly amongand in the vicinity of the mountain-ranges, where they are of verylarge size. Though smaller than the moose, these deer are ofconsiderable bulk, and weigh up to 30
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