. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. â 'â ;^
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. â 'â ;^ 1 l!5 ij r : 1 â '!. 238 THE POLAR WORLD. teeth, ami their liiiul losjs, wliilo llie roos cfonerally attempt to sprinji with tlicir fore feet upon tiie edi^e of tlie boat. When the liunter is thus overset, h'v nlv chauco of safety is to clintj to a sfroni; animal, \vhii'li safely brinnt the dexterity of the hunters renders such aeeidents rare. A pMul limiler will kill a hundred reindeer au<l more in half an hour. In the iiu;iii time the other boats seize the killed animals, whieli beeome their jiroinrtv, â while those that are merely wounded and swim ashore belong to the hiiiiUrs, who, in the midst of the tumult, where all their energies are taxed to tlic iit most, direct their strokes in such a manner as only severely to wound the larirc r animals. The noise of the horns striking against each otlier, the waters tinged witli blood, the cries of the hunters, the snorting of the affrighted animals, form a scene not to be descril)ied. The people of the Aninj were alreaily suffering great distress when, (in September !'_', IH'Jl, the eagerly-exi)eeted reindeer henls made their apmar- ance on the right bank of the river. Never liad sucli n multitude been seen; they covered the hills, and their horns might liave been mistaken at a distance for a moving forest. In a short time numbers of the Siberian tribes had as- sembled, ready to destroy them. Hut the wary animals, alarmed
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