NORDLANDS AMT. 17 
Lapps. Elk are not found, Excellent ryper-shooting 
may be had on Karlsé, Loppené, Hadselé and Houko 
near Tromsoe. As many as fifty brace a day have been 
bagged! Iam of opinion that but very little shooting 
is to be had now-a-days on the mainland. Some twenty 
years ago black game were numerous, but they are cer- 
tainly not so at the present day. On the islands, how- 
ever, wonderful sport may be had. The steamer stops 
at the first two islands, where tolerable accommodation 
may be found. 
Bears are numerous, the average number killed 
being 22,8 per annum. Some parts of Finmarken are 
first-rate for bear hunting. A Norwegian pastor who 
resided in the N.E. towards the Russian frontier, told a 
friend of mine that “there was a hill in his parish 
where I might feel certain of seeing a bear any day I 
went there. The people,” he added, “were afraid to 
meddle with them.” 
The island of Senjen is noted for bears; and I should 
say there possibly might be some fishing to be had 
there. The valley of the Reisen also is good for bears. 
NorpLaNps AMT. 
This large province is bounded on the south by north 
Throndhjems Amt, east by Sweden, north by Fin- 
marken, and on the west by the sea. It is divided into 
three Fogderies—Helgeland in the south, Salten in the 
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