Not everyone knows that there exists such a body as
the Reindeer Council of the United Kingdom (though I believe I have given it a little publicity before). The purpose of the Council, as I under- stand'it, is to acclimatise reindeer in Scotland—though communiques on the subject are issued from Cambridge, which is hardly reindeer country. Whether these quadrupeds are to be imported as adornments of the countryside or for baser Commercial purposes I am not clear, but since the matter is under consideration by "the relevant Government Departments " any reindeer which would rather stay where it is, further ncrth, can dismiss anxiety from its mind for some time. Since the cave-paintings show that reindeer once abounded in southern France, fears that Scotland would be insufficiently frigid are unnecessary (despite some change of climate).
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