New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09

and several huge fnger-rings. She seemed joily
goodnstured person. ana upon my 40 overeome
with Joy as TO press my hand several tliles anu ~
slip from of of her fingers silver r,n ~ m'T
she with MANY kindly grinlaces presented 10 me-
willingly accepted 1t a. "a souvenir some tooacG4
Which gave The men so delighted them they ssld
they would teach me Lapplsh
In the Tromsdal. back of Tromsoe, Mr. vincent
first made close acquaintance with herd OF rein
deer:
who Was lying stretched out upon the grass watcu-
ing n herd of reindeer My COMPANION toiu MIN W
have them Immediately driven up to corral aDo ta
two hundred feet square, close by the Lapp nuts.
So hay ng hallooed to about dozen dogs near que
deer The process of driving in was al Ouce begun
| should explain that these dogs resemble the
IrctIc fox IN everything but color What the shep-
herds dog is to the Scotch, the deer-hound IL 10
the Lapp. The ingenuity and instinct, u not
reason. displayed by them IN collecting keepHg ~
Qether. and driving herd of reindeer are OF ex'
IRENE interest in tn cir workings. without tneHl
the Lapps could scarcely control Their deer. Tor
they become at times very restless aud refractory;
On this occasion these intelligent brutes would
dash from the herd to collect dozen straggers anu
bringing them quickly IN, would immediately dash
ont again and turn back Others who were " wandering
in the wrong direction. They thus speedily massed
the whole herd, and racing up and down the line
kept them together and drove them forward at an
even pace The dogs yelped and as though II
were rare sport for them, aud the deer orly seemed
TO move when the dogs were at their heels. Az
n certain cry from the herdsman, the dogs would
bark mllCn IOuueT anu ny dDONb dS II Noiy
lives were at stake. Ii vas an odd picture, the
gentle and coy deer crowdpg together through TEA,
the yaupng hounds and the yoclleratlhg ana gee
tIculating Lapp. On came the deer IN serted
phalanx at a slow rot The dogs seemed now to
be working themselves into perfect fury, but II
was of no use. the deer would go no faster AT last
| had them COrralled. 49,
There were 500 in the herd-low- built, delicately
formed creatu with huge branching antlers'
Most of the ANIMALS were OF dark State Color
though a few were brown and some were quite
white. with pinkish-tippcd hOrus. lhey were
hardly three feet in height, and perhaps four or
five feet in length. All bore antlers, or horns;
those of the does being smaller than those of the
bucks while from the iOreheads OF the lawns only
tiny spikes were peeping. Excepting thOse Oh Jew
very old bucks. the antlers OF all were IN tne
velvet" Their great size Contrtsted strlklngly
with the comparatively small bodies OF tnelr
owners. They often much as four fect III
length. with branches called brow-antlerS PROJECT
ing far forward from their bases, and Win spurs
spreading out fan-wlsc at their upper ends. Lapp
las seed a large plump buck ana drew MN from
the herd that might have closer examination,
At first he appeared quite AFRAID, making lrautic
efforts to escape but the man holding MN iast ho
soon became 80 quiet rs to allow ne 10 pay MN
upon the neck. The reindeer are very gentle, eN-
cent in the fail of the year and the winter when
they frequently turn and attack the occupants OF
the pulls has. On such occasions thc riuer merely
gets out and covers himself with the snc w-sledge,
against " nirh the deer having entirely exhausted
his rage. the Lamp simply turns 1t over again ana
proceeds his journey ~ II nothing had napPentd'
| EXPRESSED desire to taste some reindeer nllh'
and n woman started at once for tho nerd. while
man lassoed doe for her. The milk found tasted
much like butter; 1t was so excessively rich Inc
Ian anders either the milk fresh or MAKE IL
into cheese. The doe gives so little mix that
large hcrn would not afford more than what few
families could consume The reindeer cheese !
did not like; il was TOO oily and 100 strong. a
cake of 10 six inches in diameter and two inches
thick sells for about 40 cents. The venlson which
| generally ate at the hotels and on the steamers
was ant 10 be tough ana not very highly favored
but when fresh killed anu eaten on the mountains
If il delicious When the bucks are tat their flesh
actually seems 10 melt in ones mouth. Reindeer
meat Il, worry cheap in the Norwegian towns.
When liberated, the great heTd-hrrds generally
do not number more than two or three hundred
hrad-trotted ioyfully mp the steep hills toward
grceuer grass and onward TO the eternal SHOWS.
made 0nitr pleasing contrast with the verdure OF
the valley The last | saw of them was as swarm
of ants upon the slopes of iar-dIstant mountain.