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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1951.
REINDEER ROUNDUP TIME
THE YULE is reindeer season, su Santa is busy grooming his swift
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chargers for their Christmas Eve journey.
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This year, he has more Dancers. Prancers, Vixens and Dashers than ever before, thanks in Canada's Department of Resources and Development. 1935, the department became deeply concerned over the jolly old man's owinching herds and began a programme of conservation thod is paying uff far beyond expectations.
Santa's "row hanas' are the nomajic Eskimos who depend on the hardy, anilere) ammals for tood and clothing in time of 45. After much effort, the natives were convinced of the nerosity of roun ang up thousands annually to be marked, dipped anan latra pedige being set out to graze.
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The parture at this page were made on Richards Island, in where a record 5,000 Tovers were Neraca Feria.vs. corrativ Though akong the regular brose, britches and 10-gallon bat of the.. pare counterparts, the Eskimo "cowboys" snare speed and skill. Supervised by government charges with experts, they are succeeding in rugmenung sparge fish and game supplies also pak.ng sure Santa keeps on schedule.
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WOMEN and children find the roundup of Santa's steeds a good show to while away an idle afternoon. The reindeer industry inside the Arctic Circle provides them with economic security.
DURING the furious chase, Ekima "cowhands" press a port- able canvas fine craic hurre la ri half-wild reindeer
BLOCKADED reindeer huddle aatler to antler in a large corral on Richards Island before being taken in small groups to the work pens.
The albino
who look like galloping candidates for Santa's sleigh. But they'll look even better to owners if famine should strike
deer in foreground serves as a marker for the herd against the dun-coloured Arctic tundra, helping Eskimo "cowpunchers" spot them during roundup.
THUNDERING through the dust, reindeer head for separate work pens as herdsmen chase them inside the corral. The
northern herds are cut up in groups of 200 to 300 for easier handling in pens, where they are marked, dipped, inoculated.