sured, threw aside her coverings, and
clutched her frying-pan, which she had hidden under a sheepskin. When
she had it safely in her arms she allowed the men to lift her and put
her on the komatik." When the doctor at the hospital advised that her
leg would best be treated by operation, the man said, "She is a pretty
old woman, and doesn't need a very good leg much longer." She was
thirty-five!

An Irish friend had volunteered to come out and watch the experiment
in our interest--and this he did most efficiently. The deer flourished
and increased rapidly. Unfortunately the Lapps did not like our
country. They complained that North Newfoundland was too cold for them
and they wanted to return home. One family left after the first year.
A rise in salary kept three of the men, but the following season they
wanted more than we had funds to meet, and we were forced to decide,
wrongly, I fear, to let them go. The old herder warned me, "No Lapps,
no deer"; but I thought too much in terms of Mission finances, the
Government having withdrawn their grant toward the herders' salaries.
Trusting to the confidence in their own ability of the locally trained
men, I therefore let the Lapp herders go home. The love of the Lapps
for their deer is like a fisherman's for his vessel, and seems a
master passion. They appeared even to grudge our having any deer
tethered away from their care.

To us it seemed strange that these Lapps always contended that the
work was too hard, and that the only reason that they were always gone
from camp was that there were no wolves to keep the herd together.
They claimed that we must have a big fence or the deer would go off
into the country. They, of course, both when with us and in Lapland as
well, lived and slept where the herd was. They told us that the deer
no longer obeyed the warning summons of the old does' bells, having no
natural enemy to fear; and one told me, "Money no good, Doctor, if
herd no increase." Reindeer seemed to be the complement of their
souls.

Meanwhile the Alaskan experiment was realizing all of Dr. Jackson's
happiest hopes; but it had a strong Government grant and backing and
plenty of skilled superintendence. The lack of those were our
weaknesses. Our deer thrived splendidly and multiplied as we had
predicted. We went thirty miles in a day with them with ease. We
hauled our firewood out, using half a dozen hauling teams every day.
Every fortnight during the rush of patients a