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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 213
In winter the Laplander is able to hunt the rein-deer by track-
ing them in the fnow. When he 1s come in fight of his game,
he quits his fledge, and tying his draught rein-deer to a tree, he
| purfues the wild deer on foot. In many parts of Lapland the
wild rein-deer is taken by the following devices. When the
fnow has fallen in large quantities, fo as to be paflable only for
the natives in their fnow fhoes, they go in chafe after the wild
rein-deer, which are unable to run faft, being impeded by the deep
{now ; and coming up with them they knock them on the head.
Another method is, by fufpending ropes with a running noofe in a
narrow pafs, near the places where the wild rein-deer ufually har-
bour, through which the deer being driven, it is hampered by the
horns and taken. In fome diftri€ls of Lapland the wild rein-deer
has been caught by the following device. A {pace is fenced off in
thofe parts which the deer chiefly frequent, and on a {pot proper
for the purpofe: this fpace has a wide entrance, and encreafes in
width in a circular form, ending with a narrow door or paflage.
The deer driven within this inclofure, in order to avoid his pur-
fuers, betakes himfelf to this narrow pafs, which leads him to
a declivity ; this is clofed upon him at the bottom, and he yields
himfelf a prey, being unable to return, and having his purfuers at
his heels. “This method was oftener put in practice formerly than
‘of late years, as was that of forcing the deer to take to a lake or
ftanding water, when they were knocked on the head, or fhot on
landing. It has been faid that the Lapland women hunt with
their hufbands; but the miffionary affirms that this affertion is
groundlefs.
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