Word: reindeers
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...would a couple of million of reindeer do?" said Mr. Lenine...
...Edward Balch Barr, in an interesting stereopticon lecture in the Union yesterday evening, told of his adventures on the Labrador coast last summer. The object of his expedition was to capture some caribou fawns to be introduced into a herd of reindeer which Dr. Grenfell had imported from Norway, but in this undertaking he was unsuccessful owing to a combination of misfortunes. Landing in Newfoundland in early June, he and his companion crossed the island by railroad and walking, to Trollingate, in order to intercept the St. John's steamer on her northward journey to Labrador. However, as the vessel...
...much hardship and great expense. He has just returned from a six months' trip in Labrador and North Newfoundland, where his work consisted largely of exploration, and where in the course of the summer he covered many hundred miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior using reindeer as pack animals. The expedition was mainly in search of young caribou, to be captured alive and brought to a post of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Mission at St. Anthony, Newfoundland, in the hope of introducting them into a large herd of domestic reindeer...
...stories, "American Beauties" and "The Great Question," are somewhat alike in containing excellent ideas and sharply-drawn characters, yet falling in workmanlike construction. Regarded from this point of view, their amateur authorship is plain. But the Swedish servant, whose one accomplishment is milking reindeer, and the stumbling thoughts of the rose-growing old lady contain many striking touches...
...settlement by dog-teams, caring for the sick and needy fishermen who comprise most of the population of this region. On one of these trips he made the first authentic chart of the Labrador coast. This winter he is going to introduce into the country a herd of reindeer from Lapland in the expectation that these animals will fulfill the domestic needs of the people...