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had led me to suppose that the relations between
the Laplander and his reindeer were of quite an
affectionate character. Other readings confirmed
this impression, but all this poetry is cruelly
destroyed, not only by the dragging and driving to
bring the deer down to the enclosure, but by the
subsequent proceedings within it, and what I learn
on the spot concerning the ordinary incidents of
sledge-travelling, as represented on the opposite
page.
Instead of the gentle creature coming lovingly
to be milked, and receiving the caresses of the
milkmaid, the whole business of milking is an
exciting chase. One of the women, holding a
wooden bowl in one hand, points out to one of the
men the particular doe upon which she will next
operate. He is armed with a cord coiled round
his arm, and doubled so that he holds the two
ends, and thus the free end forms a long loop. He
approaches the indicated victim as nearly as he
can, which presently starts away. At this moment
he throws the lasso over her head, and holds fast.
The loose cord hangs upon the neck and is
prevented from slipping by the horns. Then a violent
struggle commences, the man gradually shortens
the cord until he reaches the deer, and seizes its
horns. The woman now comes with her bowl,
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