Show the migration of Rn deer the annual migration of th reindeer from lapland in search of food has now become a serious matter in the first place it necessitates the migration of man for if owners want to keep their deer and their property they must follow them wherever they wander secondly the migrating animals travel in such great herds that they do not a little damage to the meadows plowed lands and forests there seema to be no stopping it the deer migrate with more or less regularity and within a week or two of tha usual time a hundred thousand come to soe which is the meeting point the owners simply see that their herds do not get away but this invasion of reindeer is viewed anth alarm by scandinavian farmers who have their crops trampled down the farmer may sue for damages hut if he obtains a judgment in his favor how is he to find the defendant borne seven or eight years ago a special passed to meet the case tho country is divided into districts and if the owners of the destructive animals cannot ba found the district is held for the damage each family paying in proportion to the number of reindeer they possess J L vance in our animal friends |