in under a big stone that jutted out, and
lay quiet a bit, watching it. It soon flew off, and commenced wheeling
about in the air, not more than three hundred yards from where I lay.
This time I took good bearings, and then went on. I did not care for
the bird to guide me any longer, for I observed there was an open spot
ahead, and I was sure that there I would see something. And sure enough
I did. On peeping round the end of a rock, I spied a herd of about
fifty deer. They were reindeer, of course, as there are no others upon
the `Barren Grounds,' and I saw they were all does--for at this season
the bucks keep altogether in the woods. Some of them were pawing the
snow to get at the moss, while others were standing by the rocks, and
tearing off the lichens with their teeth. It so happened that I had the
wind of them, else they would have scented me and made off, for I was
within a hundred yards of the nearest. I was not afraid of their taking
fright, so long as they could only see part of my body--for these deer
are so stupid, or rather so curious, that almost anything will draw them
within shot. Knowing this, I practised a trick that had often helped me
before; and that was to move the barrel of my gun, up and down, with the
same sort of motion as the deer make with their horns, when rubbing
their necks against a rock or tree. If I'd had a set of antlers, it
would have been all the better; but the other answered well enough. It
happened the animals were not very wild, as, likely, they hadn't been
hunted for a good while. I bellowed at the same time,--for I know how
to imitate their call--and, in less than a minute's time, I got several
of them within range. Then I took aim, and knocked one over, and the
rest ran off. That," said Norman, "ended my adventure--unless you call
the carrying a good hundred pounds weight of deer-meat all the way back
to camp part of it. If so, I can assure you that it was by far the most
unpleasant part."

Here Norman finished his narration, and a conversation was carried on
upon the subject of reindeer, or, as these animals are termed, in
America, "caribou."

Lucien said that the reindeer (_Cervus tarandus_) is found in the
Northern regions of Europe and Asia as well as in America, but that
there were several varieties of them, and perhaps there were different
species. Those of Lapland are most celebrated, because they not only
draw sledges, but also furnish food, clothing,