. Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities . f. Tribesof Laplanders and Finlanders wander throughout the half-frozennorth with their vast flocks of reindeer in search of the scantgrowth of moss. This supply of fodder, stored by Natureunder its covering of snow, the reindeer uncover by diggingand scooping with their hoofs and muzzles. Nothing in thescenery of the far north impresses the traveller more than oneof these great flocks, under a darkening, leaden sky, silentlydigging and scraping for their food, while in t
. Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities . f. Tribesof Laplanders and Finlanders wander throughout the half-frozennorth with their vast flocks of reindeer in search of the scantgrowth of moss. This supply of fodder, stored by Natureunder its covering of snow, the reindeer uncover by diggingand scooping with their hoofs and muzzles. Nothing in thescenery of the far north impresses the traveller more than oneof these great flocks, under a darkening, leaden sky, silentlydigging and scraping for their food, while in the background thesmoke from the Laplanders tents rises slowly skyward to mingle 322 ANIMALS IN ACTION. with the perpetual murkiness above. Some naturalists are dis-posed to regard the American reindeer (the caribou) as a distinctspecies of the reindeer. The caribou, however, is larger thanthe European reindeer, has smaller antlers, and is darker incolor Our picture shows the advance-guard of a herd of lui-ropean reindeer crossing one of the bleak stretches of coun-try which is characteristic of their northern home. i:. r- Wandering Reindeer. ^1^ ^ - <;^ -%^^ %
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