Laplander, a man who lives in Lapland.
Substitute, one thing which is used for another,
Wealth, money, riches.

Sinew, a cord in the leg or the arm.
Sledge, a kind of sleigh; a large hammer.

THERE are several kinds of deer, all of which are beautiful and sprightly. The stag, whose female is called the hind, is the most common. His height is about three feet and a half, and his general còlór reddish brown.

He has large and branching horns, by which he is sometimes entangled in the wood, impeded in his flight from hounds and huntsmen, and consequently is overtaken. The flèsh of the deer, which is called venison, is valuable meat; and his skin is dressed for clothing. Sometimes the meat of a stag has been found to weigh three hundred pounds.

Beside the stag and the hind, there is among the animals called by the name of deer, the buck, whose female is called the

doe, the hart, the male of the roe, and the rein-deer, which inhabits the northern parts of Europe and Asia.

'The height of a full grown rein-deer is four feet and six inches. The body is thick and square; and the legs are shorter than those of the stag.'

In the rein-deer, the Laplander finds a substitute for the horse, cow, goat, and sheep; and it may indeed be reckoned almost his only wealth; for the milk affords him cheese; the flesh, a pleasant repast; and the skin, clothing. Of the sinews, he makes bow-strings and thread; of the horns, glue; and of the bones, spoons.

With a couple of rein-deer put to a sledge, a Laplander can travel fifty or sixty miles a day.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

DEFINITIONS

Anecdote, a short and pleasant story.
Cottager, one who lives in a small house.
Accustomed, used, in the habit of.

Attention, care, thought.

Engage, to employ, to keep busy.
Stray, to go off, to go wrong.
Cliff, a broken rock.

Distant, remote, far off.

Distance, separation, remoteness.

Weary, to tire; faint.

Disentangle himself, to get rid, to get clear.
Overlook, not to see, not to notice
Search, to look for; the act of looking for.
Probable, likely, to be expected.

Probability, what is likely to happen.
Effort, an endeavour, a struggle.

Fate, something which cannot be helped.

Suspect, to guess without really believing.

Suspicion, guess, a disposition to believe without proof Motive, reason, that which makes one act.

Recover, to get back what has been lost.

Curiosity, the desire of learning and knowing more about things.

Discover, to find out, to learn.

Ineffectually, without doing what is intended.

Fruitless, useless, doing no good.

Trace, to follow by marks or signs.

Attachment, fondness, love.

Fidelity, faithfulness.

Sagaci as, quick in seeing or finding out things.

Sagacity, quickness in thought, wisdom.

ANECDOTES OF THE DOG.

ANECDOTE FIRST.

A LITTLE boy, about two years old, the son of a cottager) was accustomed to go

with his parents, when they went to work. One day, when their attention was engaged, he strayed to a rocky cliff at no great distance; where, it is supposed, that, being wearied by his endeavours to disentangle himself from the rocks and briers, he fell asleep, and by that means was overlooked by his parents; who, as soon as they missed him, made diligent search for him, wherever they thought there was a probability of finding him; but all their efforts were fruitless.

They had nearly given up the hope of recovering their lost little one, and were on the point of yielding to the terrible necessity of losing him forever, without knowing his fate, when the dòg belonging to the cottage, was observed to go out with his food in his mouth; and this unusual act he repeated so often, as to raise a suspicion, that he had some extraordinary motive for doing so.

Curiosity, and a faint hope, that he had discovered what they had so ineffectually sought, determined them to follow him; when, to their inexpressible joy, by tracing his steps, they were led to their child; and, by the time they had got up to him, the dog was found giving the food to the boy, whom he had sustained in this manaer for several days.

The attachment, the fidelity, and the sagacity of this animal, are beyond all praise. [Instinct Displayed.]

DEFINITIONS

His Majesty, the King.

Blisson, the name of the ship, and of the dog.
Relate, to tell, to give an account of.

Instance, example, one thing in particular.
Vessel, a ship.

Huge, very large, enormous.

Rear, to raise, to set up.

Unwieldy, very large; very heavy.

Flap, to slap, to strike.

Agony, great pain.

Ardour, heat, desire, fierceness.

Snort, to blow with the nose; to make a noise like a

horse.

Fortunately, happily, luckily.

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Dive, to move swiftly downward, like a fish in the water, or a bird in the air.

ANECDOTE SECOND.

THE Courage of dogs is sometimes sur prising. Captain Beaufort, of his Majesty's ship Blisson, relates an extraordinary instance of that quality, in a dog, which was named after the vessel.

'It happened,' says he, 'that a huge whale reared his unwieldy back out of the water, near the ship. Blisson barked: the whale, unused to such an attack, flapped the sea with his monstrous tail. Blisson was in an agony of ardour to be at him.

The whale put his nostrils to the water's edge, and snorted a river into the air. Blisson could stand that no longer, but jumped into the sea and chased him. Calling and roaring were of no use. tunately, the whale thought proper to

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