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north of Norrbotten, right down to the northern parts of Idre, in Daiame.1
It is actively pursued only by the Lapps, fhough a large number of mountain
¡reindeer are owned by peasants.
Migrations also occur among the forest reindeer, but always within the pine
[forest, and in-most cases to a very small extent. The forest reindeer finds his
summer pasturage principally in large bogs, abounding in horsetails and marsh-
Itrefoil, but in winter he feeds, like the mountain reindeer, on the pine-barrens.
The migrations of the forest reindeer are thus confined to journeys to and fro
[between some suitable marshy region and a near-lying district with a good supply
[of reindeer moss. The breeding of the forest reindeer is carried on actively not
[only by the Lapps, but also by Swedes and Finns; as regards proprietorship, it is
!a remarkable fact that the greater part of the forest reindeer are owned by peasants.
It is pursued, broadly speaking, in two districts, the chief of which consists
mainly of the Finnish-speaking districts below the frontier of the Lapp
[territory, while the other lies between the lower reaches of the rivers, Lulealv
[and Vindelalven, within the Lappland frontier. The most northerly region for the
breeding of the forest reindeer is the south part of the parish of Karesuando;
[the most southerly, Mala in Yasterbotten.
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Herd o f Reindeer pasturing in summer among the mountains a t Kvilckjoklc.
Iqnq6 iSi°‘°L °f reindeer belonging to Swedish subjects amounted in the years
End 41 rn t0 800 2 animals. Of these, 231 300 were mountain reindeer,
¡T 500 forest reindeer. Of the mountain reindeer, 207 700 belonged to
were8 j and 18 600 to Peasants. Of the forest reindeer, only 18 800
I owned ^ Lapps, whereas 21 900 belonged to peasants.3 The value of
E l ,tlle reindeer sometimes move down to Central Halsingland, although, as a
I !’Ali th fi y as far as Medelpad (cf. map).
Quite amhgures adduced here are given to the nearest hundred and must be looked upon
I h pproximate, minimum values. 3 The peasants are mainly Swedes and Finns, but