Excerpt from book: Reindeer Travelling in Lapland. CHAPTER II. ARCTIC LAND QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS. The Reindeer? Structure of its Foot ? Clattering Noise when Walking ? Antlers ? Extraordinary Olfactory Powers ? The Icelandic Moss ? Present and former Range of the Reindeer ? Its invaluable Qualities as an Arctic domestic Animal ? Revolts against Oppression ? Enemies of the Reindeer ? The Wolf ? The Glutton or Wolverine ? Gad-flies ? The Elk or Moose Deer ? The Musk-ox ? The Wild Sheep of the Rocky Mountains? The Siberian Argali? The Arctic Fox ? Its Burrows ? The Lemmings ? Their Migrations and Enemies ? Arctic Anatidse? The Snow-bunting ? Tho Lapland Bunting ? The Sea-eagle ? Drowned by a Dolphin. reindeer may well be called the camel of the northern J- wastes, for it is a no less valuable companion to the Laplander or to the Samojede than the ' ship of the desert ' to the wandering Bedouin. It is the only member of the numerous deer family that has been domesticated by man ; but though undoubtedly the most useful, it is by no means the most comely of its race. Its clear dark eye has, indeed, a beautiful expression, but it has neither the noble proportions of the stag nor the grace of the roebuck, and its thick square-formed body is far from being a model of elegance. Its legs are short and thick, its feet broad but extremely well adapted for walking over the snow or on a swampy ground. The front hoofs, which are capable of great lateral expansion, curve upwards, while the two secondary ones behind (which are but slightly developed in the fallow deer and other members of the family) are considerably prolonged: a structure which, by giving the animal a broader base to stand upon, prevents it from sinking too deeply into the snow or the morass. Had the foot of the reindeer been form...